Anti and Hurtful

Anti

Anti adjective - Not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.).

Hurtful and anti are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hurtful" instead an adjective "Anti".

Hurtful

Hurtful adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.

Anti and hurtful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anti" instead an adjective "Hurtful".

Nearby Words: hurt, hurting

Both words in one sentence

  • Characters / Friendship Is Magic: Redeemed A fact which a powerful enough magic drainer could take advantage of, or that makes it vulnerable to an Anti-Magic field... Actually Pretty Funny: His gags are usually seen as annoying or hurtful by the other characters, he will occasionally get the odd chuckle however.
  • In the My Little Pony/BioShock fanfic Vision, our Anti-Hero, Siren, due to a mix of Trauma Conga Line, Fish out of Water, and just not being all that nice to begin with, says some rather hurtful things to another character who was just being nice to her.
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