Idiom
hurt someone's feelings
Meaning
To offend or emotionally hurt someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I did not mean to hurt your feelings.”
“She chose her words carefully because she did not want to hurt his feelings after his bad performance.”
“Although the critique was intended to be constructive, the harsh tone of the feedback inadvertently hurt the feelings of the young artist.”
Examples
simple
“I did not mean to hurt your feelings.”
contextual
“She chose her words carefully because she did not want to hurt his feelings after his bad performance.”
complex
“Although the critique was intended to be constructive, the harsh tone of the feedback inadvertently hurt the feelings of the young artist.”
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