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afflictive, a.|əˈflɪktɪv|
[a. Fr. afflictif, -ive, f. afflīct- ppl. stem of afflīg-ĕre to afflict, as if ad. L. *afflīctīvus: see -ive.]
Characterized by afflicting; tending to inflict continued pain or distress; distressing, painful; trying, troublesome. Const. to.
1611Cotgr., Afflictif, afflictive, grieving, molesting, tormenting. 1623Sanderson Serm. Ad. Mag. i. iii. (1674) 84 To make the afflictions of this life yet more afflictive. 1670T. Brooks Wks. (1867) VI. 176 Losses, crosses, and afflictive dispensations. 1735Somerville Chase ii. 191 Afflictive Birch No more the School-boy dreads. 1779Johnson L.P., Ascham Wks. IV. 635 The most afflictive symptom was want of sleep. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. vi. 178 A military despotism..is often less afflictive to a country in fact than in name. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. VI. xvi. xv. 313 This afflictive, too aspiring King of Prussia. |