What does "afflictive" mean?

That causes physical or mental pain.

What is a synonym for "afflictive"?

Common synonyms include: aching, acute, affecting, agonizing, algetic, atrocious.

Afflictive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
That causes physical or mental pain.
"But the euil of the paine or the punishment of sin, or any kynde of afflictiue aduersitie, is not (in it self) absolutely euil, or simply to be fled from or auoyded."

Adjective

1
causing misery or pain or distress wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

aching acute affecting agonizing algetic atrocious

Example

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"But the euil of the paine or the punishment of sin, or any kynde of afflictiue aduersitie, is not (in it self) absolutely euil, or simply to be fled from or auoyded."

Etymology

From afflict + -ive.

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