Hurtful
Hurtful adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Heartbreaking and hurtful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartbreaking" instead an adjective "Hurtful".
Heartbreaking
Heartbreaking adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Hurtful and heartbreaking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hurtful" instead an adjective "Heartbreaking".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- harsh and hurtful
- harsh and heartbreaking
- painful and hurtful
- painful and heartbreaking
- agonizing and hurtful
- agonizing and heartbreaking
- severe and hurtful
- severe and heartbreaking
- grievous and hurtful
- grievous and heartbreaking
- unfortunate and hurtful
- unfortunate and heartbreaking
- bad and hurtful
- bad and heartbreaking
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Heartbreaking and Hurtful. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hurtful/heartbreaking
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