Definition of afflict

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Afflict (p. p. & a.) Afflicted.

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Plague :: Plague (n.) That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation..
Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress..
Cruel :: Cruel (a.) Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless..
Nyctalops :: Nyctalops (n.) One afflicted with nyctalopia.
Weighty :: Weighty (superl.) Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
Buffeting :: Buffeting (n.) A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity..
Adverse :: Adverse (a.) In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
Worm :: Worm (n.) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
Solace :: Solace (n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward..
Dyspeptic :: Dyspeptic (n.) A person afflicted with dyspepsia.
Afflictedness :: Afflictedness (n.) The state of being afflicted; affliction.
Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To cause to grieve; to afflict.
Grieve :: Grieve (v. t.) To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
Distrain :: Distrain (v. t.) To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict..
Grievous :: Grievous (a.) Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
Hag-ridden :: Hag-ridden (a.) Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare..
Troubler :: Troubler (n.) One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace..
Trying :: Trying (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position..
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