Afflicting
Afflicting adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Usage example: the afflicting sight of so many earthquake victims was too much even for some hardened rescue workers
Dreadful and afflicting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dreadful" instead an adjective "Afflicting".
Dreadful
Dreadful adjective - Causing fear.
Afflicting and dreadful are semantically related. You can use "Afflicting" instead an adjective "Dreadful".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dismal and afflicting
- dismal and dreadful
- intolerable and afflicting
- intolerable and dreadful
- painful and afflicting
- painful and dreadful
- shameful and afflicting
- shameful and dreadful
- severe and afflicting
- severe and dreadful
- grievous and afflicting
- grievous and dreadful
- monstrous and afflicting
- monstrous and dreadful
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