Afflict
21afflict — /əˈflɪkt / (say uh flikt) verb (t) 1. to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: *He touched on the troubles that afflict vignerons –frank dalby davison, 1965. 2. Obsolete to overthrow; rout. {Latin afflictus, past… …
22afflict — v.tr. inflict bodily or mental suffering on. Phrases and idioms: afflicted with suffering from. Derivatives: afflictive adj. Etymology: ME f. L afflictare, or afflict past part. stem of affligere (as AD , fligere flict dash) …
23afflict — afflictedness, n. afflicter, n. /euh flikt /, v.t. 1. to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis. 2. Obs. a. to overthrow; defeat. b. to humble. [1350 1400; ME afflicten < L afflictus… …
24afflict — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
25afflict — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. beset, trouble; burden (with). See pain, adversity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. try, torment, trouble, distress; see bother 2 , 3 , hurt 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. plague, distress, trouble …
26afflict — af|flict [ ə flıkt ] verb transitive FORMAL if you are afflicted by an illness or serious problem, you suffer from it …
27afflict — af·flict || É™ flɪkt v. distress; cause suffering, torment, torture …
28afflict — þrean …
29afflict — v. a. Grieve, distress, trouble, try, torment, agonize, plague, pain, hurt, harass, wound, exercise, grind, persecute, smite, make sorrowful …
30afflict — verb (transitive often passive) formal to make someone suffer or experience serious problems: be afflicted with/by: a country afflicted by famine …
