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Afflicting
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adjective.
Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive. -- Af*flict"ing*ly,
adv
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verb.
Present participle of
afflict
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Word Usage
"To return to the unpleasant question of Gaza, Jon Chait had a post the other day explaining that the kind of bloodshed and suffering the Israelis are afflicting is okay because of the asymetric subjective desires of the parties to the conflict:"
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
addicting
conflicting
constricting
contradicting
convicting
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
distressing
verb-stem
afflict