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afflictive

adjective

Causing misery or pain or distress

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Word length
10
Starts with
A
Ends with
E
Contains
FF
Scrabble score
21

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adjective

  1. Causing misery or pain or distress

    “It was a sore trial to him”

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It was a sore trial to him
The painful process of growing up

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