Adjective

(en adjective)

Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.

* 1649 : , 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 .

Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting.

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Adjective

(en adjective)

of, caused by, or causing trauma

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* 2011 , September 18, Don Thompson and Ken Ritter, “Reno air race crash scene shows violence of impact”, Associated Press:

"I've seen more patients, but never this many patients with this number of severe injuries," said Dr. Michael Morkin, chief of Renown's emergency department. "It was traumatic ."

(medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.

(Coxe)

(dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.

(Wiseman)

Produced by wounds.

traumatic tetanus