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afflictive

/uh-flik-tiv/US // əˈflɪk tɪv //

痛苦的,令人痛苦的,痛苦性的,痛苦性

Related Words

aching疼痛,疼痛的,隐隐作痛,酸痛achy疼痛,疼痛的,痛苦的,隐痛agonizing痛苦的,令人痛苦的,痛苦不堪的,痛苦不堪distressing苦恼,忧虑,困扰,忧伤excruciating苦不堪言,痛苦不堪的,令人痛苦的,痛苦不堪hurtful伤人的,伤人,伤害性的,伤害人的sore酸痛,疼痛,疼痛感,疮stinging刺痛,刺痛感,刺痛的,刺痛性troublesome烦人,烦人的,麻烦的事,麻烦的事情

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by or causing pain, distress, or grief; distressing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.painful
Synonyms
aching疼痛,疼痛的,隐隐作痛,酸痛achy疼痛,疼痛的,痛苦的,隐痛agonizing痛苦的,令人痛苦的,痛苦不堪的,痛苦不堪distressing苦恼,忧虑,困扰,忧伤excruciating苦不堪言,痛苦不堪的,令人痛苦的,痛苦不堪hurtful伤人的,伤人,伤害性的,伤害人的sore酸痛,疼痛,疼痛感,疮stinging刺痛,刺痛感,刺痛的,刺痛性troublesome烦人,烦人的,麻烦的事,麻烦的事情

Examples

  • What an afflictive and appalling spectacle did it present to her!

  • "I do well to be angry, even unto death," is the usual style in which we greet the afflictive providence of God.

  • With the calm and dignified fortitude of a Christian, philosopher and hero—he met the shafts of afflictive fate.

  • The "afflictive birch, cursed by unlettered idle youth," has other uses than that which the quotation would seem likely to imply.

  • They never have even a partial representation of ministers, except under the afflictive dispensations of Providence.

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