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   affliction

   /əˈflɪkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a cause of pain or harm: "a crippling affliction of the nervous system" Similar disorderdiseasemaladycomplaintailmentillnessindispositionscourgeplaguetroublemenaceevilvisitation
   • ▪ the state of being in pain: "poor people in great affliction" Similar sufferingdistresspaintroublemiserywretchednesshardshipmisfortuneadversitysorrowtormenttribulationwoecross to bearthorn in one's flesh/sidebanetrialcalamityordealills
   • ▪ an instance of one celestial body afflicting another.

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘infliction of pain or humiliation’, specifically ‘religious self-mortification’): via Old French from Latin afflictio(n-), from the verb affligere (see afflict).

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   AFFLICTION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of affliction in English. affliction. noun [ C or U ] formal uk / əˈflɪk.ʃ ə n / us / əˈflɪk.ʃ ə n / Add to word list. something that makes you suffer: Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Experiencing and suffering.

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   The meaning of AFFLICTION is a cause of persistent pain or distress. How to use affliction in a sentence.

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   Affliction refers to a negative state that could include pain, suffering, or grief, as in The servants watched over the manor while the duke was in a state of affliction following his son’s death. Affliction can also refer to something that causes mental or bodily pain, such as disease or misfortune, as in The captain was bedridden due to a ...

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishAFFLICTION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   a cause of mental or bodily pain, as sickness, loss, calamity, or persecution. SYNONYMS 2. mishap, trouble, tribulation, calamity, catastrophe, disaster. affliction, adversity, misfortune, trial refer to an event or circumstance that is hard to bear.

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   An affliction makes you suffer, but you have to deal with it anyway. Diseases are often said to be afflictions, but the word can mean just about anything that causes great suffering.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › afflictionaffliction noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Definition of affliction noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › afflictionAffliction - definition of affliction by The Free Dictionary

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   n. 1. A condition of pain, suffering, or distress: the affliction of arthritis. See Synonyms at trial. 2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress: "The mount twists wind and weather to alter them into afflictions as a heartless monarch does laws" (William Least Heat-Moon). See Synonyms at burden.