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afflicting
Synonyms and Antonyms of afflicting
- the afflicting sight of so many earthquake victims was too much even for some hardened rescue workers
Synonyms and Antonyms of afflicting
- the South was afflicted by a severe drought
- he's been afflicted by nightmares ever since the accident
badgering, dogging, hounding, pursuing, riding
aggravating, agitating, annoying, bothering, bugging, chafing, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, galling, getting, grating, griping, hagriding, harassing, harrying, irking, irritating, molesting, nettling, peeving, pestering, piquing, putting out, rasping, riling, vexing
discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, flustering, grieving, perturbing, straining, stressing, troubling, trying, upsetting, worrying
crushing, oppressing, overpowering, overwhelming, smiting, striking, tyrannizing, victimizing
hurting, paining, panging, pricking, smarting, stabbing, stinging, wringing
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