Hurtful Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 12 Jan 2018

Showing 36 Matching Answers

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BAD
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
DreadfulCrossword Clue
TerribleCrossword Clue
"Breaking ___"Crossword Clue
RottenCrossword Clue
SpoiledCrossword Clue
"___ was the blood of the song in the cab / On your first trip to L.A."Crossword Clue
VillainousCrossword Clue
Scolding wordCrossword Clue
"Now I'm down ___ crying at the gym"Crossword Clue
Typical number of troubadours?Crossword Clue

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DELETERIOUS
11 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Harmful to living things — our tide eelsCrossword Clue
True oilseed — harmfulCrossword Clue
Very harmful to take out city on Atlantic coast, AmericanCrossword Clue

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DELITERIOUS
11 Letters

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INJURIOUS
9 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Ruinous tax return has Jack heading off ragingCrossword Clue
Damaging home, promises to pay for finish to panelCrossword Clue

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MALEFIC
7 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Capital if returned could start becoming badCrossword Clue
Evil master has drink with leaders of Farc in ColumbiaCrossword Clue
Camel, if ill-treated, causing destructionCrossword Clue
Evil man taken aback when caughtCrossword Clue
Not good if camel goes crazyCrossword Clue
False claim about electoral fraud starts to get nastyCrossword Clue
File corrupted in computer — that's perniciousCrossword Clue
File corrupted in computer - thats perniciousCrossword Clue

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PERNICIOUS
10 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Subtly damagingCrossword Clue
Malevolent prince misrepresented debtsCrossword Clue
Maybe precious metal is hoarded - extremely harmfulCrossword Clue
Malevolent astronomer shunning company about moon of JupiterCrossword Clue
Good bandages nicer after treatment that's harmfulCrossword Clue
Destructive and harmfulCrossword Clue

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ABUSER
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
One taking advantage of a vehicle ferry regularlyCrossword Clue
Does one leave a terrible bruise?Crossword Clue
Does one leave a terrible bruise?Crossword Clue
Playground bully, e.gCrossword Clue
One that mistreated a table-cleaners son - thrown outCrossword Clue
One taking advantage of privilegeCrossword Clue
Someone who badly treats bear wandering around AmericaCrossword Clue
Someone who badly treats bear wandering around AmericaCrossword Clue
He berates sailor, a drug addictCrossword Clue
Candidate for rehabCrossword Clue

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BARB
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Fishhook projectionCrossword Clue
"___ and Star Go to Vista Del Mar"Crossword Clue
ThornCrossword Clue
Fishhook featureCrossword Clue
SpikeCrossword Clue
Sharp point, or sharp remarkCrossword Clue
Fish-hook’s business endCrossword Clue
Pointed commentCrossword Clue
ZingerCrossword Clue
Cutting commentCrossword Clue

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GIBES
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Cutting commentsCrossword Clue
TauntsCrossword Clue
Cutting remarksCrossword Clue
TauntsCrossword Clue
Snide remarks set back great art in ParisCrossword Clue
DigsCrossword Clue
Sly digsCrossword Clue
DigsCrossword Clue
Put-downsCrossword Clue
Put-downsCrossword Clue

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HARMER
6 Letters

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INJURER
7 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Fashionable panellist on the radio, one putting you in stitches?Crossword Clue

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OWS
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Reactions to stubsCrossword Clue
Pained criesCrossword Clue
Cries of painCrossword Clue
Cries of painCrossword Clue
Pained criesCrossword Clue
Yelps of painCrossword Clue
Sounds of painCrossword Clue
Sounds of painCrossword Clue
Yelps of painCrossword Clue
Pained soundsCrossword Clue

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SADISM
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Cruel behaviour is accepted by unhappy maleCrossword Clue
Blue magazine originally describing ones kinky sexual practiceCrossword Clue
Love of cruelty in the modern era is encapsulated by Stalin and Mao primarilyCrossword Clue
Shortly, Samuel will welcome Sidney back for painful practiceCrossword Clue
Shortly, Samuel will welcome Sidney back for painful practiceCrossword Clue
Cruel perversion of son stopping legendary king's returnCrossword Clue
Cruel perversion of son stopping legendary kings returnCrossword Clue
Cruelty making one unhappy is last thing kingdom needsCrossword Clue
Cruelty named for a marquisCrossword Clue
Miserable individuals beginning to miss crueltyCrossword Clue

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SLAM
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Shut loudlyCrossword Clue
Shut with a bangCrossword Clue
Serena ___ (tennis feat)Crossword Clue
Grand ___ (achievement in baseball or tennis)Crossword Clue
Shut hardCrossword Clue
Word after grand, body or poetryCrossword Clue
___ poetryCrossword Clue
Criticize harshlyCrossword Clue
DisCrossword Clue
Poetry eventCrossword Clue

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SLAPS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Is awesome, in slangCrossword Clue
Is really goodCrossword Clue
Sharp strikesCrossword Clue
Is really good, songwiseCrossword Clue
High-fives, basicallyCrossword Clue
Strikes, perhapsCrossword Clue
High-five soundsCrossword Clue
Totally rocks, like a great songCrossword Clue
SmacksCrossword Clue
High-five soundsCrossword Clue

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SLUR
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Speak unclearlyCrossword Clue
Indistinct speechCrossword Clue
Curved line on a music scoreCrossword Clue
Curved line on a music staffCrossword Clue
Talk like a tipplerCrossword Clue
Type of word banned in North American competitive Scrabble in 2020Crossword Clue
Fail to articulateCrossword Clue
Fail to enunciateCrossword Clue
Legato notation, in musicCrossword Clue
Curved line in musicCrossword Clue

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ACHESANDPAINS
13 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
*Flu symptomsCrossword Clue
Minor ailmentsCrossword Clue

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BARBED
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Message from berth in pub, perhaps, something sharpCrossword Clue
Cutting cover of tree mostly over borderCrossword Clue
Like spiky wireCrossword Clue
Prevent plot being designed to woundCrossword Clue
Like some wireCrossword Clue
Like fishhooks, usuallyCrossword Clue
Unpleasant to live with poet aroundCrossword Clue
Unpleasant to live with poet aroundCrossword Clue
Stick on bottom, woundingCrossword Clue
Stick on bottom, woundingCrossword Clue

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CUTTING
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Piercingly coldCrossword Clue
Article from newspaper, possibly, sharpCrossword Clue
Penetrating pieceCrossword Clue
Penetrating pieceCrossword Clue
Sarcastic dig?Crossword Clue
Acid in section of railwayCrossword Clue
Offensive article removed from newspaperCrossword Clue
Press piece's a bit of a plant?Crossword Clue
Press pieces a bit of a plant?Crossword Clue
Scathing extract from newspaper perhapsCrossword Clue

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ILLNESSES
9 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Everyman’s going to heads, having complaintsCrossword Clue

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PRESSCUTTING
12 Letters

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UPSETTING
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
You said softly, compiling crosswords is distressingCrossword Clue
Bothersome description of the sun at dawn and before duskCrossword Clue
Worrying, not being in bed sceneCrossword Clue
What I am doing now after getting high is worryingCrossword Clue
After receiving promotion, going down is distressingCrossword Clue
Disturbing, being out of bed doing my job?Crossword Clue
Tipping over pint, guest must be smashedCrossword Clue
Happy environment or sad?Crossword Clue
Happy environment or sad?Crossword Clue
Distressing way to increase crossword output?Crossword Clue

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ADVERSE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
UnfavorableCrossword Clue
HarmfulCrossword Clue
Bad day punctuating a creative workCrossword Clue
Far from favorableCrossword Clue
Releasing book, what poetaster writes is unfortunateCrossword Clue
Unfavourable or commercial part of a poet's output?Crossword Clue
Commercial lines are damaging …Crossword Clue
Contrary daughter immersed in a bit of poetry?Crossword Clue
Contrary daughter immersed in a bit of poetry?Crossword Clue
Negative publicity jingle?Crossword Clue

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STICKSANDSTONES
15 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Bone breakers, perhapsCrossword Clue
Criticism wears down characters — but these really hurt?Crossword Clue
Those hurtful things taken on board, bully can't set on kidsCrossword Clue
They may break your bones?Crossword Clue
Bone-breaking combo, in a playground rhymeCrossword Clue
Bone breakers in a child's retortCrossword Clue

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BADINAGE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
A badge for fooling around?Crossword Clue
Witty talk not good during a particular periodCrossword Clue
Mark squeezes in a bit of banterCrossword Clue
Rotten time to engage in banterCrossword Clue
Playful banter is hurtful in timeCrossword Clue
Banter assumed to be better when young?Crossword Clue
Frivolous repartee unwelcome in timeCrossword Clue
Teasing good for youth, presumablyCrossword Clue
Mark crosses over in a reparteeCrossword Clue
Award garlands in a witty conversationCrossword Clue

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BARBARIAN
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Pub to ban chap, a brutish fellowCrossword Clue
One pub joining another in welcoming a savageCrossword Clue
Wild pubs supported by ScotsmanCrossword Clue
Watering hole excluding Scot bruteCrossword Clue
Wild West Indian right for daughterCrossword Clue
Wild West Indian right for daughterCrossword Clue
Cruel and pointed remark by one born in late March?Crossword Clue
Cruel and pointed remark by one born in late March?Crossword Clue
Wild Boys, initially song and note getting stick at firstCrossword Clue
Wild Boys, initially song and note getting stick at firstCrossword Clue

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CUTTOTHEQUICK
13 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Upset deeplyCrossword Clue
Very hurtCrossword Clue
Deeply hurtCrossword Clue

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DETRIMENTAL
11 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Recklessly altered mint causing harmCrossword Clue
Causing harmCrossword Clue
Damaging tooth, base of blade cut into itCrossword Clue
In time, right filling of teeth can be damagingCrossword Clue
Tired out, unstable and causing harmCrossword Clue
DamagingCrossword Clue
Harmful crackers placed on lectern regularly seized by copCrossword Clue
HarmfulCrossword Clue
Causing harm for the teeth eating alien margeCrossword Clue
Tired out chaps returning belatedly, mostly - its badCrossword Clue

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BARBIE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Top-grossing film of 2023Crossword Clue
Ken’s partner is rather spiky we hearCrossword Clue
Highest-grossing film of 2023Crossword Clue
Hit film whose narrator humorously remarks "Thanks to [her], all problems of feminism and equal rights have been solved"Crossword Clue
2023 starring role for Margot RobbieCrossword Clue
Movie with the tagline "She's everything. He's just Ken."Crossword Clue
Bestselling 21 whose surname is Margaret Thatcher’s maiden nameCrossword Clue
Advocates book that is precious to KenCrossword Clue
She's a dollCrossword Clue
Doll that ran for president for the first time in 1992Crossword Clue

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LASCAR
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Tips exchanged by tinker and sailorCrossword Clue
In Dallas, Carol dated sailorCrossword Clue
Sailors a rogue, changing sidesCrossword Clue
American ports mark on the sailorCrossword Clue
A mark on liners bow for a sailorCrossword Clue
Old sailor left a markCrossword Clue
Foreign sailor left sand banks, rounding CapeCrossword Clue
Rascal reformed to become sailorCrossword Clue
Oriental sailor left a markCrossword Clue
Oriental sailor left a markCrossword Clue

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UNTRUTHFUL
10 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
LyingCrossword Clue

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BARBRASTREISAND
15 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Singer tries to rebel after ban on underwear on beachCrossword Clue
Brooklyn SuperstarCrossword Clue

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SADIST
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Cruel sortCrossword Clue
Brute posed touring hellCrossword Clue
One likes to be cruelCrossword Clue
Cruel type displays a disturbing pieceCrossword Clue
Dominatrix, perhapsCrossword Clue
Cruel oneCrossword Clue
Regularly ignored staid, hirsute bruteCrossword Clue
One deriving pleasure from inflicting painCrossword Clue
Lover of cruelty unhappy firstCrossword Clue
Cruel sortCrossword Clue

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THOMASSTEARNS
13 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Eliot's expanded initialsCrossword Clue

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AKICKINTHETEETH
15 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
The kitchen Katie designed is a terrible disappointmentCrossword Clue

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GROUCHO
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"You Bet Your Life" host MarxCrossword Clue
Marx’s work inspiring leader of revolution that’s uncomfortableCrossword Clue
Who once quipped “I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception"Crossword Clue
As filler, shortly check on old comedianCrossword Clue
Star of Duck SoupCrossword Clue
The Marx brother with spectacles and a cigarCrossword Clue
Mustachioed Marx brotherCrossword Clue
The third of the Marx brothersCrossword Clue
Criticism over made-up wisecracker?Crossword Clue
Complain, given nothing for old comicCrossword Clue

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Showing 36 Matching Answers

BAD

10 RELATED CLUES

DELETERIOUS

3 RELATED CLUES

DELITERIOUS

INJURIOUS

2 RELATED CLUES

MALEFIC

8 RELATED CLUES

PERNICIOUS

6 RELATED CLUES

ABUSER

10 RELATED CLUES

BARB

10 RELATED CLUES

GIBES

10 RELATED CLUES

HARMER

INJURER

1 RELATED CLUES

OWS

10 RELATED CLUES

SADISM

10 RELATED CLUES

SLAM

10 RELATED CLUES

SLAPS

10 RELATED CLUES

SLUR

10 RELATED CLUES

ACHESANDPAINS

2 RELATED CLUES

BARBED

10 RELATED CLUES

CUTTING

10 RELATED CLUES

ILLNESSES

1 RELATED CLUES

PRESSCUTTING

UPSETTING

10 RELATED CLUES

ADVERSE

10 RELATED CLUES

STICKSANDSTONES

6 RELATED CLUES

BADINAGE

10 RELATED CLUES

BARBARIAN

10 RELATED CLUES

CUTTOTHEQUICK

3 RELATED CLUES

DETRIMENTAL

10 RELATED CLUES

BARBIE

10 RELATED CLUES

LASCAR

10 RELATED CLUES

UNTRUTHFUL

1 RELATED CLUES

BARBRASTREISAND

2 RELATED CLUES

SADIST

10 RELATED CLUES

THOMASSTEARNS

1 RELATED CLUES

AKICKINTHETEETH

1 RELATED CLUES

GROUCHO

10 RELATED CLUES

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