Definition of affliction

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Affliction (n.) The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief..

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Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
Solace :: Solace (n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward..
Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
Panacea :: Panacea (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction..
Trial :: Trial (n.) The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men..
Afflictedness :: Afflictedness (n.) The state of being afflicted; affliction.
Sonde :: Sonde (v. t.) That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial..
Tribulation :: Tribulation (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction..
Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
Vexation :: Vexation (n.) The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
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..
Buffeting :: Buffeting (n.) A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction..
Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief..
Pressure :: Pressure (n.) Affliction; distress; grievance.
Drearihood :: Drearihood (n.) Affliction; dreariness.
Grievance :: Grievance (v. t.) Grieving; grief; affliction.
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
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