Unbearable vs Hurtful - What's the difference?
unbearable | hurtful | Related terms |
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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Unbearable is a related term of hurtful.
As adjectives the difference between unbearable and hurtful
is that unbearable is so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable while hurtful is tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.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 .
