different between hurtful vs calamitous

hurtful

English

Alternative forms

  • hurtfull (archaic)

Etymology

hurt +? -ful

Adjective

hurtful (comparative more hurtful, superlative most hurtful)

  1. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.
    • 1649: John Milton, Eikonoklastes
      A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.
    • 1890: George Henry Rohé, Text-book of hygiene
      Well-cultivated soils are often healthy; nor at present has it been proved that the use of manure is hurtful.
  2. Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.

Synonyms

  • (tending to impair or damage): pernicious, harmful, baneful, prejudicial, detrimental, disadvantageous, mischievous, injurious, noxious, unwholesome, destructive; see also Thesaurus:harmful

Related terms

  • hurt
  • hurtfully
  • hurtfulness

Translations

References

  • hurtful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • hurtful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • hurtful at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • ruthful

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calamitous

English

Etymology

From French calamiteux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k??læm?t?s/

Adjective

calamitous (comparative more calamitous, superlative most calamitous)

  1. Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
    The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.

Synonyms

  • destructive
  • fatal

Related terms

  • calamity

Translations

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