| VERB | emotion | afflict | cause great unhappiness for |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | afflict, smite | cause physical pain or suffering in |
| Sounds | ahflih'kt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | addict ... verdict: 24 rhymes with ihkt... | |
| Meaning | Cause great unhappiness for; distress. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will afflict him | |
| Example | "she was afflicted by the death of her parents" | |
| Narrower | grieve, aggrieve | Cause to feel sorrow |
| tribulate | oppress or trouble greatly | |
| try, strain, stress | Test the limits of | |
| Broader | upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit | Cause to lose one's composure |
| Spanish | afligir | |
| Catalan | adolorir, afligir | |
| Adjectives | afflictive | causing misery or pain or distress / distress |
| Nouns | affliction | a cause of great suffering and distress |
| affliction | a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity | |
| Meaning | Cause physical pain or suffering in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "afflict with the plague" | |
| Synonym | smite | |
| Narrower | blight, plague | Cause to suffer a blight |
| visit | assail | |
| Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
| Spanish | afligir | |
| Catalan | afligir | |
| Adjectives | afflictive | causing misery or pain or distress / distress |
| Nouns | affliction | a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity |
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