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hurtful

How many syllables in hurtful?

  2 syllables

Divide hurtful into syllables:   hurt-ful
Stressed syllable in hurtful:   hurt-ful
How to pronounce hurtful:   hurt-full
How to say hurtful:

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Synonyms for hurtful


1 syllable
  • barbed
  • snide
2 syllables
  • cruel
  • harmful
  • scathing
  • stinging
  • taunting
  • wounding
  • cutting
  • malign
  • spiteful
  • tactless
  • unkind
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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