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afflictive

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

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pain causing continued distressing giving grief repeated darts disease distress hand misery pope prior slow spreads

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afflict afflicted afflictedness afflicter afflicting affliction afflictionless afflictions

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