Definition of affliction

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Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief..

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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..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
Afflictedness :: Afflictedness (n.) The state of being afflicted; affliction.
Wretched :: Wretched (a.) Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting..
Night :: Night (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow..
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..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction..
Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief..
Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
Sonde :: Sonde (v. t.) That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial..
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..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment..
Distress :: Distress (n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
Soreness :: Soreness (n.) The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction..
Drearihood :: Drearihood (n.) Affliction; dreariness.
Martyrdom :: Martyrdom (n.) Affliction; torment; torture.
Sore :: Sore (a.) Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity..
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..
Affliction :: Affliction (n.) The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief..
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