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Usually means: Cause pain, suffering, or distress.
We found 29 dictionaries that define the word
afflict :
General (26 matching dictionaries)
afflict : Merriam-Webster
afflict : Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
afflict : American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
afflict : Collins English Dictionary
afflict : Vocabulary.com
Afflict , afflict : Wordnik
afflict : Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
afflict : Wiktionary
afflict : Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
afflict : The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
afflict : Infoplease Dictionary
Afflict , afflict : Dictionary.com
afflict : Online Etymology Dictionary
afflict : Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Afflict : Online Plain Text English Dictionary
afflict : Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
afflict : Rhymezone
afflict : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
afflict : Webster's 1828 Dictionary
afflict : FreeDictionary.org
afflict : Mnemonic Dictionary
afflict : TheFreeDictionary.com
afflict : Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
afflict : Merriam-Webster
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afflict : Legal dictionary
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afflict : Idioms
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Afflict : Urban Dictionary
(Note: See
afflicted as well.)
▸ verb : (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
▸ verb : (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
▸ verb : (obsolete) To make low or humble.
trouble ,
pain ,
ail ,
smite ,
aggrieve ,
anguish ,
discomfort ,
tear at ,
hurt ,
distress ,
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