Afflictive
Afflictive adjective - Causing or feeling bodily pain.
Usage example: the afflictive disease known as shingles is a reactivation of the virus that causes chicken pox
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Synonyms for Afflictive
Harmful and afflictive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Harmful" instead an adjective "Afflictive".
Harmful
Harmful adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Afflictive and harmful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflictive" instead an adjective "Harmful".
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Related pairs
- painful and afflictive
- painful and harmful
- nasty and afflictive
- nasty and harmful
- severe and afflictive
- severe and harmful
- grievous and afflictive
- grievous and harmful
- unfortunate and afflictive
- unfortunate and harmful
- terrible and afflictive
- terrible and harmful
- noxious and afflictive
- noxious and harmful
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