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hurtsome

hurtsome adjective: characterised or marked by hurt; causing injury or pain; injurious.

Adjective

hurtsome (comparative more hurtsome, superlative most hurtsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by hurt; causing injury or pain; injurious.
    • [...] and namely, for the tedious length of the same, which should weary and be hurtsome peradventure to the King's Majesty, being yet of tender Age, fully to endure and bide out.1816, Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.), A history of the reformation of the Church of England
    • Such and thousands more are the joysome architectures of nature in contrast to the hurtsome ones of man, but in the last instance they bring us back to the reality that much can be done by combining the forces of nature and those of man.1972, Nicholas Polunin, The Environmental Future
    Synonyms:
    harmful, hurtful

Synonyms of hurtsome

Forms of hurtsome

comparativemore hurtsome
superlativemost hurtsome
alternative Northern Englandhortsome

Origin of hurtsome

From hurt + -some. Compare Scots hurtsome (“hurtful, injurious”).

Questions about hurtsome

What does hurtsome mean?
Hurtsome means characterised or marked by hurt; causing injury or pain; injurious.
What part of speech is hurtsome?
Hurtsome is an adjective.

Words near hurtsome in the dictionary

  1. hurtlings
  2. hurts
  3. hurts a fly
  4. hurts for
  5. hurts someone's feelings
  6. hurtsome
  7. Hurtt
  8. Hurtts
  9. Hurtubise
  10. Hurtville
  11. hurty

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