Hurtfulness

Not by reasoning, not by the five senses alone, but by other and remoter and uncharted senses, came the feeling to White Fang that the man was ominous with evil, pregnant with hurtfulness, and therefore a thing bad, and wisely to be hated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's easy to cast a critical eye on the methods, styles, imperfections, unintentional hurtfulness, and ways our mother's caring communication seemed to go awry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When a "dependent" is not given what they want, and they are not equipped with proper communication skills and coping mechanisms, they can tend towards disrespectful rage and hurtfulness to deal with their uncomfortable frustration. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nowhere was this hurtfulness more evident than in Gingrich's private life. ❋ Nigel Hamilton (2010)

Though I would speak of its hurtfulness, it was my sensitivity that was ultimately deemed the problem. ❋ Renee (2009)

As for the rest – you'll have to unpack why the inherent hurtfulness of murder is an issue for hate speech; and, indeed, what you mean by "extra-legal sanctions". ❋ Unknown (2007)

You know, from the song I am struck by the deliberate coldness of this, the hurtfulness, and I am slightly ashamed of my mother. ❋ KATI MARTON (2009)

Does the fact that I was blind to what my words meant changed the hurtfulness of those words and actions? ❋ Otterdance (2008)

Let the press now focus on the lies, deceit, and hurtfulness that is the clintons. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He was sharply aware of the pain of humiliation and dependency, the hatefulness and hurtfulness of paternalistic rule. ❋ Cherniss, Joshua (2008)

To the intention or affection of the heart, therefore, to the propriety and impropriety, to the beneficence or hurtfulness of the design, all praise or blame, all approbation or disapprobation, of any kind, which can justly be bestowed upon any action, must ultimately belong. ❋ Nelkin, Dana K. (2008)

He saw the hurtfulness of being a single mom; he watched his mother struggle. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She tells the speaker to "knock it off," in a way that points up the hurtfulness of the comment without talking down to or lecturing young people. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Let me forgive others, let me forgive myself, but also let me change in ways that make it easy for me to avoid paths of hurtfulness to others. ❋ Unknown (2007)