Definition of afflict

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Afflict (p. p. & a.) Afflicted.

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Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
Soreness :: Soreness (n.) The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction..
Sore :: Sore (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance..
Rue :: Rue (v. t.) To cause to grieve; to afflict.
Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..
Afflictionless :: Afflictionless (a.) Free from affliction.
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
Attempt :: Attempt (v. t.) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt..
Dysphoria :: Dysphoria (n.) Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.
Trial :: Trial (n.) That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial..
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.
Enzootic :: Enzootic (a.) Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.
Night :: Night (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow..
Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief..
Scourger :: Scourger (n.) One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
Sore :: Sore (a.) Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
Plague :: Plague (v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind..
Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts..
Diseased :: Diseased (a.) Afflicted with disease.
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