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Synonyms for afflictive
af·flic·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
afflictive, painful, soreadjective
causing misery or pain or distress
"it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
Synonyms:
mad, irritating, sensitive, huffy, painful, raw, terrible, unspeakable, tender, awful, atrocious, abominable, sore, dreadfulAntonyms:
pleasant
Dictionary of English Synonymes
afflictiveadjective
Synonyms:
AFFLICTING
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3079 | raw | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#4248 | mad | |
#6740 | tender | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9775 | awful | |
#12985 | sore | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#23970 | irritating | |
#45237 | unspeakable | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#62710 | huffy |
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- болезнен, мъчителенBulgarian
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