Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Afflictive \Af*flic"tive\, a. [Cf. F. afflictif.]
   Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief;
   distressing. ``Jove's afflictive hand.'' --Pope.

         Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain.
                                                  --Prior.

Source : WordNet®

afflictive
     adj : causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to
           him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: {painful},
            {sore}]