Hurtfulness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hurtful \Hurt"ful\, a.
     Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous;
     occasioning loss or injury; as, hurtful words or conduct.
  
     Syn: Pernicious; harmful; baneful; prejudicial; detrimental;
          disadvantageous; mischievous; injurious; noxious;


          unwholesome; destructive. -- {Hurt"ful*ly}, adv. --
          {Hurt"ful*ness}, n.
          [1913 Webster]