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
Noxious and afflictive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Noxious" instead an adjective "Afflictive".
Noxious
Noxious adjective - Bad for the well-being of the body.
Afflictive and noxious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflictive" instead an adjective "Noxious".
Nearby Words: noxiousness, noxiously
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Related pairs
- unpleasant and afflictive
- unpleasant and noxious
- repellent and afflictive
- repellent and noxious
- disagreeable and afflictive
- disagreeable and noxious
- nasty and afflictive
- nasty and noxious
- abominable and afflictive
- abominable and noxious
- distasteful and afflictive
- distasteful and noxious
- terrible and afflictive
- terrible and noxious
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