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Afflictive

adj

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Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    causing misery or pain or distress wordnet

Etymology

From afflict + -ive.

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