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afflict

/ə'flɪkt/

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verb
cause physical pain or suffering in
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"afflict with the plague"

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smite

type of:
damage
verb
cause great unhappiness for; distress
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"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

type of:
upset untune discomfit discompose disconcert

Definition that contains afflict

worried afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
upset afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
insane afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
disturbed afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
distressed afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
consumptive afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
cretinous afflicted with cretinism
carbuncular afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle
carbuncled afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle
scrofulous afflicted with scrofula