Hurtful and Trying

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Hurtful adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.

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

Nearby Words: hurt, hurting

Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.

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Hurtful and trying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hurtful" instead an adjective "Trying".

Nearby Words: try, tried

This is also Truth in Television, as a good portion of bullying isn't children being legitimately malicious, but just trying to entertain themselves without realizing just who hurtful their fun is.

Source: Literature / Thirteen Reasons Why
She's really trying her best to find a nice and non-hurtful way of saying that they have grown so fast and smart that humans are simply too slow and boring to remain in contact with.

Source: Film / Her
The Grammar Nazi, unless they're trying to be hurtful or genuinely helpful.

Source: Lawful Neutral

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