The best thing to do when someone's words hurt you is to just try to forget about those words that were said.
When someone says something bad to hurt you emotionally try saying is that all you have to say about me or tell them in that it does not matter what they say or think about you and laugh at them when they say it.
I learned to do this when I was being bullied and eventually the bully stopped doing the mean things to me because they could not get the reaction out of me that they wanted.
Words can be emotionally painful but eventually you should forget about those bad things that were said to you.
Yes words can hurt you more than actions.
There's an old saying that says sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you.
However that is not true as words can hurt you inside just like physical harm can hurt you on the outside.
Having bad things being said about you can hurt you emotionally and some people have committed suicide because of what someone has said to them.
Bullying it a huge cause of suicides and bullying someone does not make the person a cool person and can lead to the person being bullied committing suicide or at least attempting suicide.
I have had bad things said about me and although I try my best to ignore those people the words still hurt me emotionally.
So yes words can indeed hurt way more on the inside than actions.