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Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

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  1. a. Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
  2. adj. causing misery or pain or distress
  3. Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." Pope. Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior.
  4. Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief;distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." Pope.Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior.
  5. s. causing misery or pain or distress