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af·flict
 afflict
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- pronunciation:
flIkt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
afflicts, afflicting, afflicted |
| definition: |
to cause physical or mental suffering to.
The flu afflicts many people every year.- antonyms:
- comfort
- similar words:
- aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, beset, cloud, discomfort, distress, gnaw, harass, harm, hurt, oppress, pain, plague, scourge, torment, torture, trouble, vex, visit, wrench
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| related words: |
blight, burden, cut, disorder, injure, martyr, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pierce, upset, wring |
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| derivations: |
afflictedness (n.), afflicter (n.) |
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