Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurtsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hurt-some
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by hurt; causing injury or pain; injurious.

Example Sentences

"[...] and namely, for the tedious length of the same, which should weary and be hurtsome peradventure to the King's Majesty, being yet of tender Age, fully to endure and bide out."
"Such and thousands more are the joysome architectures of nature in contrast to the hurtsome ones of man, but in the last instance they bring us back to the reality that much can be done by combining the forces of nature and those of man."
"In school, being wrong had a way of cutting my brain, the like way a stem of a fan palm could cut a hand. It was hurtsome."

Etymology

From hurt + -some. Compare Scots hurtsome (“hurtful, injurious”).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hurt

Inflected Forms

more hurtsome (comparative) most hurtsome (superlative) hortsome (alternative, Northern England)

Frequently Paired Words

painsome

Synonyms

harmful hurtful

Questions

What does hurtsome mean?: Characterised or marked by hurt; causing injury or pain; injurious.
Where does hurtsome come from?: From hurt + -some. Compare Scots hurtsome (“hurtful, injurious”).

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