Bible Dictionaries
Afflicting

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. - Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.

(2):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Afflict

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Afflicting'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/afflicting.html. 1828.