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Afflict

Afflict Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Afflict? [v] cause bodily suffering to [v] cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement" [v] cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Afflict: ail \| pain \| smite \| trouble Related Terms \| Find terms related to Afflict: abuse \| affect \| aggrieve \| agitate \| agonize \| ail \| anguish \| annoy \| befoul \| bewitch \| bite \| blight \| bother \| break down \| bring to tears \| burden \| burn \| chafe \| condemn \| convulse \| corrupt \| crucify \| crush \| curse \| cut \| cut up \| damage \| debilitate \| defile \| deprave \| derange \| desolate \| despoil \| destroy \| devitalize \| disable \| disadvantage \| discomfort \| disorder \| disquiet \| disserve \| distress \| disturb \| do a mischief \| do evil \| do ill \| do wrong \| do wrong by \| doom \| draw tears \| embitter \| enervate \| enfeeble \| envenom \| excruciate \| fester \| fret \| gall \| get into trouble \| give pain \| gnaw \| grate \| grieve \| grind \| gripe \| harass \| harm \| harrow \| harry \| hex \| hospitalize \| hurt \| impair \| incapacitate \| indispose \| infect \| inflame \| inflict pain \| injure \| inundate \| invalid \| irk \| irritate \| jinx \| kill by inches \| lacerate \| lay up \| load with care \| maltreat \| martyr \| martyrize \| menace \| mistreat \| molest \| nip \| oppress \| outrage \| overwhelm \| pain \| persecute \| perturb \| pester \| pierce \| pinch \| plague \| play havoc with \| play hob with \| poison \| pollute \| prejudice \| press \| prick \| prolong the agony \| prostrate \| put to it \| put to torture \| rack \| rankle \| rasp \| reduce \| rub \| savage \| scathe \| sicken \| smite \| sorrow \| stab \| sting \| strike \| taint \| threaten \| torment \| torture \| trouble \| try \| tweak \| twist \| upset \| vex \| violate \| weaken \| worry \| wound \| wreak havoc on \| wring \| wrong See Also \| aggrieve \| blight \| break out \| damage \| disagree with \| discomfit \| discompose \| disconcert \| erupt \| grieve \| hurt \| plague \| recrudesce \| strain \| stress \| tribulate \| try \| untune \| upset \| visit Afflict In Webster's Dictionary \Afflict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Afflicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Afflicting}.] [L. afflictus, p. p. of affigere to cast down, deject; ad + fligere to strike: cf. OF. aflit, afflict, p. p. Cf. {Flagellate}.] 1. To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.] ``Reassembling our afflicted powers.'' --Milton. 2. To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment. They did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. --Exod. i. 11. That which was the worst now least afflicts me. --Milton. 3. To make low or humble. [Obs.] --Spenser. Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth. --Jer. Taylor. Syn: To trouble; grieve; pain; distress; harass; torment; wound; hurt. \Afflict"\, p. p. & a. [L. afflictus, p. p.] Afflicted. [Obs.] --Becon.

Afflict Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Afflict?

[v] cause bodily suffering to
[v] cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
[v] cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Afflict: ail | pain | smite | trouble

Afflict In Webster's Dictionary

\Af*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Afflicted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Afflicting}.] [L. afflictus, p. p. of affigere to
cast down, deject; ad + fligere to strike: cf. OF. aflit,
afflict, p. p. Cf. {Flagellate}.]
1. To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.]
   ``Reassembling our afflicted powers.'' --Milton.

2. To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing
   continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously;
   to torment.

         They did set over them taskmasters to afflict them
         with their burdens.                   --Exod. i. 11.

         That which was the worst now least afflicts me.
                                               --Milton.

3. To make low or humble. [Obs.] --Spenser.

         Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an
         afflicted truth.                      --Jer. Taylor.

Syn: To trouble; grieve; pain; distress; harass; torment;
     wound; hurt.


\Af*flict"\, p. p. & a. [L. afflictus, p. p.]
Afflicted. [Obs.] --Becon.

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