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What does afflictive mean?

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Adjective
  1. That causes physical or mental pain.
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His death was a terrible calamity, as well as a most afflictive bereavement.
The glorious results of the campaign of 1781 were, however, associated with an event most afflictive to her.
The most afflictive of all separations, is that which is occasioned by death.
Above all, it should never be confused with the ordinary, afflictive emotions.
In the canonical literature, afflictive tendencies resulting from the accumulation of residual habits are seen as a pervasive aspect of the mental life even for the Buddhist adept.
In the midst of this afflictive scene, Josephine entered the saloon of Madame Montesson.

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