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Afflictive vs Baleful - What's the difference?

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Afflictive is a related term of baleful.


As adjectives the difference between afflictive and baleful

is that afflictive is that causes physical or mental pain while baleful is portending evil; ominous.

afflictive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That causes physical or mental pain
    • (Alexander Pope)
    (Prior)

    baleful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * balefull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Portending evil; ominous.
  • * 1674 -- John Milton: )
    • round he throws his baleful eyes, that witnessed huge affliction and dismay.
  • * 1873 ,
    • The street-lamps burn amid the baleful glooms,
    Amidst the soundless solitudes immense
    Of ranged mansions dark and still as tombs.
  • Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering.