afflict
11afflict — inflict, afflict Both words are concerned with the suffering of unpleasant circumstances, but they have different constructions. Inflict has the unpleasantness as object, and afflict has the victim: • He knew also that the greater part of the… …
12afflict — [14] When it originally entered English, afflict meant ‘overthrow’, reflecting its origins in Latin afflīgere ‘throw down’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad ‘to’ and flīgere ‘strike’. English afflict comes either from the Latin past… …
13afflict — UK [əˈflɪkt] / US verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms afflict : present tense I/you/we/they afflict he/she/it afflicts present participle afflicting past tense afflicted past participle afflicted formal if you are afflicted by an… …
14afflict — verb To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they… …
15afflict — See inflict. See inflict, afflict …
16afflict — verb ADVERB ▪ badly, severely PHRASES ▪ be afflicted with ▪ He s badly afflicted with a skin disorder. Afflict is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑disease, ↑ …
17afflict — af|flict [əˈflıkt] v [T often passive] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of affligere to throw down , from ad to + fligere to hit ] to affect someone or something in an unpleasant way, and make them suffer afflict… …
18afflict — [[t]əflɪ̱kt[/t]] afflicts, afflicting, afflicted VERB If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer. [FORMAL] [be V ed by/with n] Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades... [V… …
19afflict — verb (of a problem or illness) cause pain or suffering to. Origin ME: from L. afflictare knock about, harass , or afflict , affligere knock down, weaken …
20afflict — verb arthritis can afflict people of all ages Syn: trouble, burden, distress, cause suffering to, beset, harass, worry, oppress; torment, pester, plague, blight, bedevil, rack, smite, curse; archaic ail …
