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affliction (noun)

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  • affliction — afflict ► VERB ▪ cause pain or suffering to. DERIVATIVES affliction noun. ORIGIN Latin afflictare knock about, harass , or affligere knock down, weaken …   English terms dictionary

  • affliction — I noun adversity, agony, bereavement, burden, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, curse, destruction, deterioration, disability, disease, disorder, encumbrance, evil, hardship, illness, indisposition, infirmity, misadventure, mischance, misfortune,… …   Law dictionary

  • affliction — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. afliction (11c.), from L. afflictionem (nom. afflictio), noun of action from pp. stem of affligere (see AFFLICT (Cf. afflict)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • affliction — noun 1) a common herb reputed to cure a variety of afflictions Syn: disorder, disease, malady, complaint, ailment, illness, indisposition, handicap; scourge, plague, trouble 2) he bore his affliction with great dignity Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • affliction — noun Date: 14th century 1. the state of being afflicted 2. the cause of persistent pain or distress 3. great suffering …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • affliction — noun a) a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony b) the cause of such a state …   Wiktionary

  • affliction — noun a cause of pain or harm. ↘the state of being in pain …   English new terms dictionary

  • affliction — noun (C, U) formal something, usually a medical condition, that causes pain or unhappiness: the afflictions of old age …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • affliction — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. suffering, pain, distress, trouble, misfortune, tribulation, trial, hardship, adversity, misery, wretchedness, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, ailment, infirmity, sickness, disease, disorder, grief, woe, sorrow, care,… …   English dictionary for students

  • affliction — UK [əˈflɪkʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms affliction : singular affliction plural afflictions formal 1) an illness 2) a serious problem …   English dictionary

  • affliction — /əˈflɪkʃən/ (say uh flikshuhn) noun 1. a state of pain, distress, or grief: they sympathised with us in our affliction. 2. a cause of continual pain of body or mind, as sickness, loss, calamity, persecution, etc. {Middle English, from Latin… …  

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