Afflictive

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  • adj. That causes physical or mental pain
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by or causing mental or physical pain; painful; distressing; of the nature of an affliction: as, an afflictive dispensation of Providence.
  • Synonyms Afflicting, grievous, calamitous, disastrous, oppressive, severe, unhappy, trying.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. causing misery or pain or distress
    • Equivalent
    unpleasant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    distressing    troublesome   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nothing    befal    morose-looking    unmediated    sublimer    soon    start/stop    produc    archidiaconal    overruling   
     
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