Hypertext Webster Gateway: "afflictive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Afflictive \Af*flic"tive\, a. [Cf. F. afflictif.]
Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief;
distressing. ``Jove's afflictive hand.'' --Pope.
Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain.
--Prior.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
afflictive
adj : causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to
him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: {painful},
{sore}]
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