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Being hurtful is delightful, but not initially (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harming

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'being hurtful is' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'delightful but not initially' is the wordplay.
'delightful' becomes 'charming' (I've seen this before).
'but not initially' means to remove the first letter.
'charming' with its initial letter taken away is 'HARMING'.

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