Afflicted synonyms and antonyms

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suffering
Experiencing pain. syn.
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stricken
Affected by something overwhelming, such as disease, trouble, or painful emotion.
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troubled
To afflict with pain or discomfort:
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tormented
To annoy, harass, or tease
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distressed
The definition of distressed is damaged, suffering pain or sold below value, or made to look old on purpose.
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wretched
Characterized by or causing distress or misery; dismal
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happy (related)
Cheerful; willing:
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scourged
To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; ravage.
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cursed
So wicked and detestable as to deserve to be cursed.
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depressed
Feeling or characterized by sadness or dejection.
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impaired
Having a physical or mental disability:
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skunk-drunk
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martyrized
Simple past tense and past participle of martyrize
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lushy
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pie-eyed
(Slang) Drunk.
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swacked
(Slang) Drunk.
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smitten
To afflict retributively; chasten or chastise.
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tried
To taste, sample, etc.
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wounded
To inflict wounds or a wound on.
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plagued
To vex; harass; trouble; torment
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persecuted
To trouble or annoy constantly
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pained
To cause physical pain to; hurt:
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oppressed
To oppress is to have something worry you or weigh you down.
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hurt
To harm or damage in some way; be bad for
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harassed
To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
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griped
(Informal) To irritate; annoy:
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burdened
Burden is defined as making heavy with a load or with emotion.
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bothered
Bother is defined as annoy, worry, or cause discomfort.
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beset
To trouble persistently; harass.
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annoyed
(Intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
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tortured
To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
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struck
(Intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
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racked
To go or move at a rack.
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excruciated
To cause intense bodily pain to; torture
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curst
Curse is defined as to wish evil or injury on someone or to use swear words.
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anguished
To feel or suffer anguish.
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agonized
(Intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
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smote
To afflict retributively; chasten or chastise.
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aided (antonym)
To give help or relief (to); assist
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helped (antonym)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
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solaced (antonym)
To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
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comforted (antonym)
(Law) To help; aid
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attacked (related)
To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
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doleful
The definition of doleful is full of grief or sadness.
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grieved
Having a painful ailment
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miserable
Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
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Afflicted Sentence Examples

  • He was afflicted with asthma, and his retirement was relieved only by the society of a few chosen friends.

  • I realize that it hurts to see their afflicted little child punished and made to do things against her will.

  • He was afflicted with the stone, and obliged to be particular as to what he drank.

  • The period as a whole had some anxious moments; emigration to the gold-fields and the strife which afflicted Wesleyan Methodism brought loss and confusion between 1853 and 1860.

  • Thus, for example, the numerous psalms in which the poets, though speaking perhaps, not as individuals but as members of a class, describe themselves as poor and afflicted at the hands of certain ungodly men, who appear to be Jews, can hardly have been originally collected by the Temple choirs.

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