Hurtful
Hurtful adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Usage example: her ex-husband said hurtful things that she could never forgive
Heartrending and hurtful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartrending" instead an adjective "Hurtful".
Heartrending
Heartrending adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Usage example: a heartrending choice between saving his daughter or his son
Hurtful and heartrending are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hurtful" instead an adjective "Heartrending".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- painful and hurtful
- painful and heartrending
- agonizing and hurtful
- agonizing and heartrending
- vile and hurtful
- vile and heartrending
- severe and hurtful
- severe and heartrending
- grievous and hurtful
- grievous and heartrending
- unfortunate and hurtful
- unfortunate and heartrending
- bad and hurtful
- bad and heartrending
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