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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 is a formal word for something that makes you suffer, such as a disease, a hardship or a problem. Learn how to use it in sentences and find out how to say it in different languages.

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word affliction, which means a cause of persistent pain or distress, or great suffering. See how affliction is used in sentences from recent sources and compare it with related words.

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   noun. a state of pain, distress, or grief; misery: They sympathized with us in our affliction. Antonyms: solace, comfort, relief. a cause of mental or bodily pain, as sickness, loss, calamity, or persecution. Synonyms: disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tribulation, trouble, mishap. affliction. / əˈflɪkʃən /.

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   Affliction is a noun that means pain and difficulty or something that causes it. Learn how to pronounce it, see example sentences and synonyms, and access the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

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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.

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   Find 234 words that mean affliction, such as distress, sorrow, curse, demon, injury, and more. See definitions, examples, and antonyms of affliction and related words.