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afflictive

adjective

af·​flic·​tive ə-ˈflik-tiv How to pronounce afflictive (audio)
: causing affliction : distressing, troublesome
afflictive emotions
afflictively adverb

Example Sentences

the afflictive disease known as shingles is a reactivation of the virus that causes chicken pox
Recent Examples on the Web Perhaps this afflictive uncertainty can be redefined. Krista Stevens, Longreads, 26 Apr. 2018

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French afflictif, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin afflīctīvus, from Latin afflīctus (past participle of afflīgere "to afflict") + -īvus -ive

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of afflictive was in 1576

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