hurtful

«hurtful» in Mova's judaism 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 →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Harmful and deadly, as of a sword. In the primary 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

• Who givest salvation unto kings, who rescuest David Thy servant from the hurtful sword. (Writings PSA.144.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Calling someone names is hurtful. tree →
• Her hurtful words made him cry. tree →
• That joke was funny to you, but hurtful to me. tree →
• Think before you post hurtful comments online. tree →
• It was hurtful when they did not invite me. tree →
• He said sorry for being so hurtful. tree →

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

• Who givest salvation unto kings, who rescuest David Thy servant from the hurtful sword.
• Family feuds often start over money, a will or hurtful words, and they can last for years.
• Bots can be tricked into saying hurtful things, so you notice tricks, politely refuse and stay kind.
• Finding something true and kind to say is better than both a hurtful truth and a big lie.
• «Just joking» does not make a hurtful remark okay; you can say «That wasn't funny to me».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hurtful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.