afflictive

Example Sentences

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The standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners state: "Prison labour must not be of an afflictive nature."

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2019

L’Heureux’s own expertise is in our sites of afflictive potential.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019

This of course was in direct violation of the General’s orders, but was no less afflictive to the poor sufferers on this account.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2019

Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The circumstances of his death, too, seemed to her peculiarly afflictive.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various