Afflicting

v. distress; cause suffering, torment, torture

Verb
1. cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
(hypernym) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
(hyponym) grieve, aggrieve
(derivation) affliction
2. cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
(synonym) smite
(hypernym) damage
(hyponym) visit
(derivation) affliction
3. cause bodily suffering to
(synonym) trouble, ail, pain
(hypernym) hurt
(hyponym) disagree with
(derivation) affliction

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Afflict
  

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

answering; afflicting; making poor
  

AFFLIGGENDO. TORMENTANDO