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Afflictive vs Tiresome - What's the difference?

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Afflictive is a related term of tiresome.


As adjectives the difference between afflictive and tiresome

is that afflictive is that causes physical or mental pain while tiresome is causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.

afflictive

English

Adjective

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

    tiresome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
    • Eventually his long stories became tiresome .

    Synonyms

    * (causing fatigue or boredom ): boring, dull, irksome, slow, tedious, wearisome * See also

    Antonyms

    * (causing fatigue or boredom ): energizing, exciting, fresh, interesting