Afflicting and Mean

Afflicting adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.

Mean and afflicting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Afflicting".

Nearby Words: affliction, afflict, afflicted, afflictive

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

Afflicting and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflicting" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly