hurtful

adjective2

1. •
   Tending to impair or damage; injurious; occasioning loss or injury.

   • A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad. — 1649
2. •
   Tending to hurt someone's feelings; insulting; lacerating.

   • Better yet, maybe she should call and apologize for all of the rude comments she spewed in the midst of her anger—hurtful comments that should never be spoken between a wife and her husband. — 2006