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afflictive |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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