Definitions for: Afflictive

[adj] causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

Webster (1913) Definition: Af*flic"tive, a. [Cf. F. afflictif.]
Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief;
distressing. ``Jove's afflictive hand.'' --Pope.

Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain.
--Prior.

Synonyms: painful, sore, unpleasant