An absorptive article having increased flexibility for improved wearing comfort for the user and having highly aesthetically pleasing design. The absorptive article that is longer than is wide has a front surface sheet at least a portion of which is liquid pervious, a liquid impervious rear surface sheet, an absorptive body having liquid retaining properties and placed between the front and rear surface sheets, two side sheets arranged on both sides of the absorptive body such that at least a part of each of the two side sheets covers the front surface sheet, and embossed sections having compressed sections respectively formed along the two side sheets. The embossed sections are each composed of first embossed sections formed on the front edge side and the rear edge side of the absorptive article that are end sections in the longitudinal direction of the absorptive article, and of a second embossed section formed at the center in the longitudinal direction of the absorptive article. The compressed sections constructing each of the embossed sections are regularly arranged and are each composed of a combination of figure shapes and/or letter shapes.
