Hurtful and Minor

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Hurtful adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.

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

Nearby Words: hurt, hurting

Minor adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.

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Hurtful and minor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hurtful" instead an adjective "Minor".

Nearby Words: minority, Minorite

Drama Queen: Miss Bat has traces of this; for the most minor insult or hurtful remark she'll dramatically stride away to go lock herself in the stationary cupboard.

Source: Literature / The Worst Witch
His motivation also stems from an admittedly wounding and hurtful, but still relatively minor slight, he suffered when he was a child, which he refuses to move on from.

Source: Psychopathic Manchild
His entire motivation stems from an admittedly wounding and hurtful but still relatively minor slight he suffered when he was a child.

Source: Western Animation / The Incredibles

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