afflictive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: afflictive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for afflictive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
afflictive adj causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up" Synonym(s): afflictive, painful, sore
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Afflictive \Afflic"tive\, a. [Cf. F. afflictif.] Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. [bd]Jove's afflictive* hand.[b8] --Pope. Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. --Prior.