Grammatical class
Adjective
affligeant
distressing, saddening
Details
Syllables
af-fli-geant
Phonetics
a.fli.ʒɑ̃
Grammatical class
Adjective
Freq. (books)
47124
Freq. (movies)
72134
Freq. (news)
24976
Variants
Sentences
L'orateur ne connaissait pas bien son sujet, et ne parlais pas bien non plus ; pour faire court, il était affligeant.
The speaker didn't know his subject, nor did he speak well; in short, he was disappointing.
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