Definition of afflict

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Afflict (v. t.) To make low or humble.

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Tribulation :: Tribulation (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction..
Vexatious :: Vexatious (a.) Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor..
Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..
Daltonian :: Daltonian (n.) One afflicted with color blindness.
Torment :: Torment (v. t.) To pain; to distress; to afflict.
Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance..
Dejected :: Dejected (a.) Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance..
Vexation :: Vexation (n.) The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
Soreness :: Soreness (n.) The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction..
Distress :: Distress (n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
Dyspeptic :: Dyspeptic (n.) A person afflicted with dyspepsia.
Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To cause to grieve; to afflict.
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction..
Night :: Night (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow..
Scourger :: Scourger (n.) One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
Teenful :: Teenful (a.) Full of teen; harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted.
Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune..
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