afflictive

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

afflictive
    adj 1: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial
           to him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn:
           {afflictive}, {painful}, {sore}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Afflictive \Af*flic"tive\, a. [Cf. F. afflictif.]
   Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief;
   distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." --Pope.
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         Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain.
                                                  --Prior.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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