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Afflictive

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af·flict  (-flkt)
tr.v. af·flict·ed, af·flict·ing, af·flicts
To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on.
[Middle English afflighten, from afflight, disturbed, frightened, from Latin afflictum, past participle of afflgere, to cast down : ad-, ad- + flgere, to strike.]
af·flicter n.
af·flictive adj.
af·flictive·ly adv.
Synonyms: afflict, agonize, rack1, torment, torture
These verbs mean to bring great harm or suffering to someone: afflicted with arthritis; was agonized to see her suffering; racked with cancer; tormented by migraine headaches; tortured by painful memories.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.afflictive - causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
painful, sore
unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"


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Our road lay through a wood, where we found the ground covered over with young locusts, a plague intolerably afflictive in a country so barren of itself.
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When the curtain at last fell, he burst into the stormiest applause, and kept it up--as did the whole house--until the afflictive tenor had come three times before the curtain to make his bow.
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In MY childhood I could not imagine a more afflictive punishment than for my mother to refuse to kiss me at night: the very idea was terrible.
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