AFFLICTIVE
\ɐflˈɪktɪv], \ɐflˈɪktɪv], \ɐ_f_l_ˈɪ_k_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of AFFLICTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
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causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Causing affliction; distressing.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
Nearby Words
- afflicter
- afflicting
- afflictingly
- affliction
- afflictionless
- afflictive
- a (, n. the state of being a [r.] de quincey.
- a (a) a shed for housing an airship or a (b) a ground or field, esp. one equipped with housing and other facilities, used for flying purposes. -- a` (#), a.
- a 1. the act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.
- a 1. to infuse air into; to combine air with.
- a a club or association of persons interested in a