3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: afflictive adjective: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: {painful}, {sore}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Afflictive \Af*flic"tive\, adjective [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 18 Moby Thesaurus words for "afflictive": aching, algetic, calamitous, dire, distasteful, distressing, galling, grievous, heartbreaking, hurtful, hurting, lamentable, painful, regrettable, sore, unfortunate, unpalatable, woeful

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