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1. (v.t.) afflict
to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble grievously:
to be afflicted with arthritis.
2. afflict
Obs.
3. afflict
to overthrow; defeat.
4. afflict
to humble.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L afflīctus, ptp. of afflīgere to knock down, destroy, distress =af-af - +flīgere to strike down)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) afflict
cause great unhappiness for; distress
"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
2. (verb) afflict, smite
cause physical pain or suffering in
"afflict with the plague"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. afflict
afflicted
2. (verb) afflict
to strike or cast down; to overthrow
3. (verb) afflict
to inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment
4. (verb) afflict
to make low or humble
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Sense: to give pain or distress to (a person etc)
She is continually afflicted by/with headaches.
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 Afrikaans: ly onder |
 Arabic: يُصِيب، يَبْتَلي |
 Bulgarian: измъчвам |
 Brazilian: afligir |
 Czech: trápit, sužovat, postihov |
 German: plagen, leiden |
 Danish: plage |
 Greek: βασανίζω |
 Spanish: afligir |
 Estonian: vaevama |
 Farsi: مبتلا کردن |
 Finnish: vaivata |
 French: affliger |
 Hebrew: לְייִסֵר, לִפְגוֹע ב- |
 Hindi: त्रस्त होना |
 Croatian: bolovati |
 Hungarian: kínoz |
 Indonesian: mendapat gangguan, mender |
 Icelandic: þjá, hraka |
 Italian: affliggere |
 Japanese: 苦しめる |
 Korean: 괴롭히다 |
 Lithuanian: kamuoti |
 Latvian: mocīt; sagādāt ciešanas |
 Malay: menyakiti |
 Dutch: kwellen |
 Norwegian: plage |
 Polish: dotykać, zadawać ból |
 Persian: مبتلا کردن |
 Pashto: مبتلا کول |
 Portuguese: atormentar |
 Romanian: a chinui |
 Russian: причинять боль, страдание |
 Slovak: trápiť, postihnúť |
 Slovenian: mučiti |
 Serbian: mučiti |
 Swedish: plåga, drabba |
 Thai: ทำให้เจ็บป่วย |
 Turkish: yakalanmak, tutulmak |
 Taiwanese: 造成某人痛苦或苦惱 |
 Ukrainian: засмучувати; завдавати бо |
 Urdu: تکیف دینا ، ایذا پہنچانا |
 Vietnamese: làm đau đớn |
 Chinese: 使苦恼 |
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