Defenition of the word afflict
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Defenition of the word afflict
- To cause great unhappiness for; distress.
- To cause physical pain; to infect with a contagious disease.
- cause great unhappiness for
- cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
- cause bodily suffering to
- cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
- cause physical pain or suffering in
- cause great unhappiness for; distress
Synonyms for the word afflict
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- ail
- badly affect
- bother
- cause problems
- distress
- make miserable
- pain
- smite
- trouble
- upset
- worry
Similar words in the afflict
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- afflict
- afflicted
- afflicting
- affliction
- affliction's
- afflictions
- afflicts
Hyponyms for the word afflict
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- aggrieve
- blight
- break out
- disagree with
- erupt
- grieve
- plague
- recrudesce
- strain
- stress
- tribulate
- try
- visit
Hypernyms for the word afflict
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- damage
- discomfit
- discompose
- disconcert
- hurt
- untune
- upset
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