afflictive

afflictive
adj
1. distressing, distressful, painful; tormenting, torturing, torturous, vexing, vexatious, plaguing, harassing, troubling.
2. sad, sorrowful, woeful, mournful, doleful, dolorous; grievous, sore, hard to bear or take; severe, hard, heavy, Sl. heavy-duty; unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy; wretched, miserable, deplorable, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, pathetic, pathetical.
3. dire, black, harrowing; disastrous, tragic, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic, cataclysmal, ruinous.

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • afflictive — index adverse (negative), bitter (penetrating), oppressive, painful, severe Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • afflictive — [ə flik′tiv] adj. [ML afflictivus: see AFFLICT] causing pain or misery afflictively adv …   English World dictionary

  • afflictive — ● afflictif, afflictive adjectif (latin afflictum) Peine afflictive et infamante, ancienne qualification des peines criminelles portant atteinte à la dignité de l homme et qui a disparu avec le nouveau Code pénal. (Avant son abolition en 1981, la …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • afflictive — adjective Date: 1611 causing affliction ; distressing, troublesome < afflictive emotions > • afflictively adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • afflictive — afflictively, adv. /euh flik tiv/, adj. characterized by or causing pain, distress, or grief; distressing. [1605 15; AFFLICT + IVE] * * * …   Universalium

  • afflictive — adjective That causes physical or mental pain …   Wiktionary

  • afflictive — Synonyms and related words: aching, algetic, calamitous, dire, distasteful, distressing, galling, grievous, heartbreaking, hurtful, hurting, lamentable, painful, regrettable, sore, unfortunate, unpalatable, woeful …   Moby Thesaurus

  • afflictive — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Marked by, causing, or experiencing physical pain: aching, achy, hurtful, nagging, painful, smarting, sore. See PAIN …   English dictionary for students

  • afflictive — adj. distressing; tormenting, torturous …   English contemporary dictionary

  • afflictive — a. Afflicting. See afflict …   New dictionary of synonyms

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