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Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death..

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..

Afflicting :: Afflicting (a.) Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flicting*ly, adv..

Plague :: Plague (n.) That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation..

Afflict :: Afflict (v. t.) To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment..

Aggrieve :: Aggrieve (v. t.) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved..

Curse :: Curse (v. t.) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

Disease :: Disease (v. t.) To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.

Afflictedness :: Afflictedness (n.) The state of being afflicted; affliction.

Headachy :: Headachy (a.) Afflicted with headache.

Vexation :: Vexation (n.) The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.

Sore :: Sore (a.) Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.

Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To cause to grieve; to afflict.

Murrain :: Murrain (a.) Having, or afflicted with, murrain..

Vexatious :: Vexatious (a.) Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor..

Afflictionless :: Afflictionless (a.) Free from affliction.

Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task..

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