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# hurtful

«hurtful» in Mova's school dictionary: **Making someone feel upset or sad, usually because of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (hurtful; more hurtful, most hurtful)

### meaning for a pupil

Making someone feel upset or sad, usually because of unkind words or actions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurtful/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE and anti-bullying lessons it describes words and actions that hurt feelings, not bodies: «hurtful comments», «hurtful names», «hurtful jokes». Lessons teach that teasing can become hurtful and that you should say sorry if you were hurtful.

### examples

- Calling someone names is hurtful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurtful/#x1)
- Her hurtful words made him cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurtful/#x2)
- That joke was funny to you, but hurtful to me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurtful/#x3)
- Think before you post hurtful comments online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurtful/#x4)
- It was hurtful when they did not invite me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurtful/#x5)
- He said sorry for being so hurtful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurtful/#x6)

### note

«Hurtful» is used for words and actions that hurt feelings; for physical pain use «painful» or «sore». «-ful» means «full of / causing». Only one «l» at the end: hurtful.

### In the corpora

- [Family feuds often start over money, a will or hurtful words, and they can last for years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/11/)
- [Bots can be tricked into saying hurtful things, so you notice tricks, politely refuse and stay kind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/20/)
- [Finding something true and kind to say is better than both a hurtful truth and a big lie.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/10/)
- [«Just joking» does not make a hurtful remark okay; you can say «That wasn't funny to me».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/11/)
- [Saying someone can't be or do something because of their skin colour is wrong and hurtful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/347-leaving-someone-out/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hurtful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hurtful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.