Cruel vs Hurtful - What's the difference?
cruel | hurtful |
Not nice; mean; heartless.
(slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
* 1649 : , Eikonoklastes
* 1890 : George Henry Rohé, Text-book of hygiene
Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.
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As adjectives the difference between cruel and hurtful
is that cruel is not nice; mean; heartless while hurtful is tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.As a verb cruel
is to spoil or ruin (one's chance of success.cruel
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
Synonyms
* brutal * sadistic * viciousAntonyms
* mercifulDerived terms
* cruellyVerb
External links
* *Anagrams
* * ----hurtful
English
Alternative forms
* hurtfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.
- Well-cultivated soils are often healthy; nor at present has it been proved that the use of manure is hurtful .