different between hurtful vs inimical

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

English

Etymology

From Late Latin inim?c?lis (“hostile”), from inim?cus (“enemy”) (from in- (“not”) + am?cus (“friend”)) + -?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?m?k?l/

Adjective

inimical (comparative more inimical, superlative most inimical)

1. Harmful in effect.
2. Unfriendly, hostile.

   Her inimical attitude precludes romance.

Synonyms

• inimic, inimicable, antagonistic

Related terms

• inimically
• enemy

Translations