Hurtful is an adjective and means to cause distress or injury to another’s feelings; causing pain or suffering, especially of the mental nature; it can also mean danger to biodiversity.
It tends to hurt or injure, harmful, mischievous, loss or injury that occurs such as hurtful words or behavior.
List of Hurtful Words
Following are examples of hurtful words to say to someone
| Word | Meaning / Example |
| ARROGANT | He thinks he’s the best. |
| BIGHEADED | The same as “arrogant.” |
| SELF CENTRED | The world to revolve around him |
| VAIN | He loves looking at himself in the mirror. |
| BOASTFUL | He always talks about how brilliant he is and all the amazing things he does. |
| POMPOUS | Like “arrogant” but in a way that makes him look foolish, like this guy: |
| CALLOUS | He doesn’t care about anyone, especially those who are weaker than him. |
| CYNICAL | He sees the bad side in everybody’s personality and actions. |
| OVERCRITICAL | He exaggerates the negative things you do. |
| PATRONISING | Showing how much more important he is than you. |
| ALOOF | He’s unfriendly, cold and distant. |
| IMPOLITE | He’s rude. |
| INCONSIDERATE | He does things that hurt or annoy you without thinking about your feelings. |
| THOUGHTLESS | The same as “inconsiderate.” |
| CONFRONTATIONAL | He tries to challenge you, even when it’s not necessary. |
| DEFENSIVE | He behaves as if you’re attacking him, even if you aren’t. |
| HOSTILE | He behaves like your enemy. |
| BELLIGERENT | He’s aggressive and hostile. |
| BITCHY | He makes small, sarcastic comments about you. They seem small, but they’re designed to hurt you. |
| NASTY | He’s not nice. |
| BOSSY | He likes telling you what to do — like a boss. |
| CRUEL | He actually enjoys seeing other people in pain and sometimes creates that pain. |
| DOMINEERING | He likes to have control over everyone in every situation. |
| DECEITFUL | She pretends to be your friend, then she’ll stab you in the back (do something bad to you after you’ve started trusting her). |
| DISHONEST | She’s not honest. |
| MACHIAVELLIAN | She intelligently uses different people against each other to get what she wants. |
| SNEAKY | She does things that you don’t know about that affect you negatively. |
| UNTRUSTWORTHY | You can’t trust her. She lies! |
| DOGMATIC | She has strong beliefs and doesn’t accept any view outside those beliefs. |
| INFLEXIBLE | When she’s made plans, NOTHING can change them. |
| INTOLERANT | She doesn’t like certain types of people and will never accept them. Sometimes this can be extreme, like racism, sexism or homophobia. |
| NARROW MINDED | She has a small view of the world and doesn’t accept ideas outside that view. |
| STUBBORN | You will never be able to change her opinion on anything. |
| OBSTINATE | Like “stubborn,” but a little stronger. |
| PIG HEADED | Like “obstinate.” But with a pig. |
| FUSSY | She likes everything to be a certain way. If there’s a change, she gets very upset or angry. |
| INDISCREET | Sometimes you don’t want somebody shouting your bank balance out across a crowded office. |
| TACTLESS | It’s like “indiscreet” but with words. |
| UNPREDICTABLE | You don’t know what she’s going to do next! |
| VAGUE | She doesn’t explain things clearly. |
| IMPATIENT | If she has to wait too long for anything, she gets angry. Maybe she’ll walk away. |
| UNRELIABLE | Can’t trust her to keep her promises. |
| JEALOUS | She hates seeing you with other people. |
| POSSESSIVE | She only wants you to spend time with her. You have no other friends now. |
| RESENTFUL | She still gets angry about things that happened a long time ago. |
| SECRETIVE | She regularly keeps secrets from you. |
| CARELESS | He doesn’t care enough about things, so he can often lose or break them. |
| IRRESPONSIBLE | If you give him a task to do, he will mess it up (do it very badly). |
| UNTIDY | He doesn’t tidy up and leaves a mess everywhere. He’s probably got some food on his shirt, too. |
| FOOLISH | He doesn’t have the brains to make the right decisions — so he makes bad decisions. |
| GULLIBLE | If you told him that you’d just been invited to Tom Cruise’s space station party on the moon, he’d believe you. |
| INDECISIVE | He finds it difficult to make decisions — so he often sticks with “no decision.” |
| PESSIMISTIC | She always sees the negative side of things. |
| SULLEN | Like “grumpy.” |
| TOUCHY | You can make her angry or upset very easily. |
| FINICKY | She’s very fussy and wants everything to be the way she wants. |
| SILLY | She’s not serious and can behave a bit like a child sometimes. |
| VULGAR | She’s not sophisticated. Her jokes are often sexual and rude. |