how to pronounce hurtful

/ˈhɝtfəl/

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hurtful is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hurtful in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… now what about hurtful words that you …”

meaning of hurtful

Hurtful means causing pain or distress.

hurtful frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hurtful occurs in english on average 3.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hurtful can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hurtful can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;