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afflicting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of afflicting

hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

the afflicting sight of extensive erosion at her favorite beach

Synonyms of afflicting

agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, grievous, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous

Words Related to afflicting

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable

appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched

acute, extreme, intense, piercing

Near Antonyms of afflicting

bearable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable

livable (also liveable), sufferable, survivable

acceptable, allowable, reasonable

Antonyms of afflicting

gratifying, pleasing, sweet

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