afflictive

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The standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners state: "Prison labour must not be of an afflictive nature."

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2019

L’Heureux’s own expertise is in our sites of afflictive potential.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019

This of course was in direct violation of the General’s orders, but was no less afflictive to the poor sufferers on this account.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2019

The circumstances of his death, too, seemed to her peculiarly afflictive.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various

Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah