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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
  • Even the indoor scenes were painful because you’re locked inside that heat.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The recent swoon, while painful for current shareholders, has driven the headline yield up to 6% and has driven valuations down—NOG trades for 7 times earnings estimates and at a low price/earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio of 0.56 (anything below 1 is considered to be undervalued).
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Made with silicone, this teether has a variety of textures that are meant to soothe a baby’s sore gums.
    Laura Lu, Parents, 29 Mar. 2025
  • State of play: Cantrell's travel has been a sore spot during her second term.
    Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 28 Mar. 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 5 Apr. 2025.

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