Synonyms for afflictive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-flik-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : əˈflɪk tɪv


Définition of afflictive

  • adj painful
Example sentences :
  • The most afflictive of all separations, is that which is occasioned by death.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • What an afflictive and appalling spectacle did it present to her!
  • Extract from : « Hildebrand » by Anonymous
  • His death was a terrible calamity, as well as a most afflictive bereavement.
  • Extract from : « Josephine » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Many an afflictive dispensation thus loses its sanctifying design.
  • Extract from : « The Hart and the Water-Brooks; » by John R. Macduff
  • The dispensation may be dark, and afflictive, and even profoundly mysterious; yet we should think, it is God that hath done it.
  • Extract from : « A Memorial of Mrs. Margaret Breckinridge » by Archibald Alexander
  • But insensibility to his afflictive dispensations is to "despise" the methods of his grace.
  • Extract from : « A Memorial of Mrs. Margaret Breckinridge » by Archibald Alexander
  • The glorious results of the campaign of 1781 were, however, associated with an event most afflictive to her.
  • Extract from : « Lives of Celebrated Women » by Samuel Griswold Goodrich
  • In the midst of this afflictive scene, Josephine entered the saloon of Madame Montesson.
  • Extract from : « Josephine » by John S. C. Abbott
  • She experienced the most afflictive reverses of friendlessness, bereavement, imprisonment, and penury.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851 » by Various
  • I have just been informed that the House of Representatives has this instant adjourned under the most afflictive circumstances.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton

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