See Also: Afflictive(medicine)
afflictive(dictionary)

afflictive (iou)



afflictive adjective. E17.
[Old & mod. French afflictif, -ive from medieval Latin afflictivus, from afflict-: see AFFLICT verb, -IVE.]
Tending to afflict; painful; trying. (Foll. by to.)
afflictively adverb L17.