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Recent Examples of afflictive Perhaps this afflictive uncertainty can be redefined. Krista Stevens, Longreads, 26 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for afflictive
Adjective
  • Their boyfriends, meanwhile, suffer the painful indignities of paper cutters, buzzsaws, and other sharp objects.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 May 2025
  • Manu diving can hurt The researchers caution that the manu maneuver is not only difficult but can be risky and painful.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Asking for fairness One lingering sore spot around remote work is the disparity between different state workers.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
  • While the senior agents are reluctant to grant Nina’s request, the Saxton case has become a sore spot for the bureau.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Somebody Somewhere is tiny: a gorgeous, introspective, intimate story about a woman with devastatingly mundane problems whose chief obstacle is her own aching sense of grief and dislocation.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In this novel about the shape-shifting nature of love, Parsons captures Kit’s grief in aching and honest terms.
    Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024

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“Afflictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afflictive. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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