Definition of afflict

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

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Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Panacea :: Panacea (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction..
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..
Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To cause to grieve; to afflict.
Asylum :: Asylum (n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum..
Podagrical :: Podagrical (a.) Afflicted with gout.
Afflicting :: Afflicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Afflic.
Pain :: Pain (n.) To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him..
Teenful :: Teenful (a.) Full of teen; harmful; grievous; grieving; afflicted.
Affamish :: Affamish (v. t. & i.) To afflict with, or perish from, hunger..
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..
Sorry :: Sorry (a.) Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling..
Enzootic :: Enzootic (a.) Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.
Tribulation :: Tribulation (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction..
Afflictive :: Afflictive (a.) Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.
Night :: Night (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow..
Vexation :: Vexation (n.) The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
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..
Pearl-eyed :: Pearl-eyed (a.) Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.
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