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Princeton's WordNet

  1. afflicted, strickenadjective

    grievously affected especially by disease

  2. afflicted, impairedadjective

    mentally or physically unfit

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  1. afflicted

    Afflicted refers to someone or something that is suffering from a particular problem, disease, pain or distress. It is used to indicate the state of being severely impacted or adversely affected by a negative situation or condition.

  2. afflicted

    Afflicted refers to someone or something being impacted by a problem, difficulty, or hardship, often causing pain, distress or suffering. This could include physical ailments such as diseases or injuries, or emotional hardships or misfortunes. It can also refer to a state of being grievously troubled or distressed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Afflicted

    of Afflict

Wikidata

  1. Afflicted

    Afflicted was a technical death metal band from Sweden, active in the early 1990s. They were an important and influential part of the Swedish death metal scene, though overshadowed by better-known bands like Entombed and Dismember.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of afflicted in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of afflicted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of afflicted in a Sentence

  1. Jeb Bush:

    I've had personal experience with this, just the heartbreaking nature of someone who you love with all your heart who is afflicted with addiction -- or even worse dies -- is just.

  2. Phillips Brooks:

    The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

  3. Finley Peter Dunne:

    Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

  4. Shunsuke Ono:

    The 2011 World Cup gave us great courage, especially for the people enduring difficult times because of the disaster, i believe that many people were encouraged by watching the World Cup. I think it brought a bright light because their life was afflicted by pain ... it was great to make the Japanese people happy.

  5. Ben Soud:

    We are still suffering from those psychological and psychical illnesses that we were afflicted with in prison.

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