hurtful
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Eight days later, Sotomayor issued an apology, saying her comment was inappropriate and hurtful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
They describe working with Lithgow in glowing terms to Out Magazine while admitting they found his decision to participate in the “Harry Potter” series disconcerting and vaguely hurtful.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026
Party leader Nigel Farage called the comments "hurtful and wrong".
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Farage said he liked Parry and had known him "for a very long time", but that his comments were "crass, insensitive, hurtful and wrong".
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Loki would say something, something cutting and clever and hurtful, but his life will have gone, and all his brilliance, and all his cruelty, and he will say nothing, not ever again.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
