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for afflictive
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Afflictive \Af*flic"tive\, a. [Cf. F. afflictif.]
Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief;
distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain.
--Prior.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
afflictive
adj 1: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial
to him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn:
afflictive, painful, sore]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "afflictive":
aching, algetic, calamitous, dire, distasteful, distressing,
galling, grievous, heartbreaking, hurtful, hurting, lamentable,
painful, regrettable, sore, unfortunate, unpalatable, woeful
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