Afflictive
Afflictive adjective - Causing or feeling bodily pain.
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Synonyms for Afflictive
Saddening and afflictive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saddening" instead an adjective "Afflictive".
Saddening
Saddening adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Afflictive and saddening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflictive" instead an adjective "Saddening".
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Related pairs
- unpleasant and afflictive
- unpleasant and saddening
- melancholy and afflictive
- melancholy and saddening
- dismal and afflictive
- dismal and saddening
- woeful and afflictive
- woeful and saddening
- painful and afflictive
- painful and saddening
- agonizing and afflictive
- agonizing and saddening
- sore and afflictive
- sore and saddening
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