Afflicting
Afflicting adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.
Provoking and afflicting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Provoking" instead an adjective "Afflicting".
Provoking
Provoking adjective - Serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction.
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Synonyms for Provoking
Afflicting and provoking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflicting" instead an adjective "Provoking".
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Related pairs
- beset and afflicting
- beset and provoking
- disturbing and afflicting
- disturbing and provoking
- annoying and afflicting
- annoying and provoking
- offensive and afflicting
- offensive and provoking
- disagreeable and afflicting
- disagreeable and provoking
- irksome and afflicting
- irksome and provoking
- vexatious and afflicting
- vexatious and provoking
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