afflictive

== English == === Etymology === From afflict +‎ -ive. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪktɪv === Adjective === afflictive (comparative more afflictive, superlative most afflictive) That causes physical or mental pain. 1847, Anne Brontë (as Acton Bell), Agnes Grey, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, Volume 3, Chapter 3, p. 54,[3] In my childhood I could not imagine a more afflictive punishment than for my mother to refuse to kiss me at night: the very idea was terrible; ==== Derived terms ==== afflictively ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.flik.tiv/ Homophone: afflictives === Adjective === afflictive feminine singular of afflictif