Affliction synonyms
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Part of speech:
A physical weakness or defect; frailty or ailment, as from old age
To spread or swarm over destructively:
An ancient method of trial in which the accused was exposed to physical dangers, from which he or she was supposed to be divinely protected if innocent
Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
(Sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
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To inflict is defined as to cause or force upon.
(Dial.) A pain (in some part of the body)
Something suffered; pain, distress, or injury
The distress or suffering, mental or physical, caused by great anxiety, anguish, grief, disappointment, etc.
Suffering caused by poverty:
An instance of this; unlucky accident; mishap; mischance
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An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
A trying, troublesome, or annoying person or thing:
The difficulty or distress resulting to an individual or entity from a court decision, zoning decision, or passage of a law; taken into account as one factor in an equity proceeding.
A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.
A complete failure; a fiasco:
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An utter failure
Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
(Pathology) An abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
(Medicine) A physical or psychical malfunction.
Intense emotional suffering caused by loss, disaster, misfortune, etc.; acute sorrow; deep sadness
A cause of sorrow or misery; a misfortune:
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A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune:
A cause of such a mental state
The feeling of not being happy
(Slang) A contest whose outcome has been dishonestly prearranged.
cross to bear
A state of physical or mental suffering
A source of pain, anxiety, or annoyance
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A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
(Now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
Trouble, distress, etc., or a cause of this
A source of great worry or stress; weight:
A source or cause of evil; a scourge:
(Old Poet.) Deadly harm; ruin; death
The action or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited:
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tsoris
Alternative spelling of tsuris.
Unsound or disordered.
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
Affected by something overwhelming, such as disease, trouble, or painful emotion.
An annoying or being annoyed
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The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death
(Informal) Bother
A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.
Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm.
Poor health resulting from disease of body or mind; sickness.
The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.
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The act or process of imposing or meting out something unpleasant.
The definition of a malady is a disease, ailment or unpleasant condition.
An act, condition, thing, or person causing trouble, annoyance, or inconvenience
(Informal) A nuisance; annoyance
The condition of being vexed; annoyance:
A troubled state of mind; anxiety; distress; care; uneasiness
To feel ill or have pain:
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(Nautical) Of a ship, to get trapped by ice
To cause discomfort to
To cause damage to.
To irk or exasperate; vex:
To afflict or worry persistently:
To cause to be sorrowful; distress:
To put into a hamper.
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To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
To make unable or unfit; esp., to make incapable of normal activity; disable
To affect or imbue with feelings, beliefs, etc. that are regarded as negative or harmful
To cause damage to; impair:
To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
Pester is defined as to pick on or irritate.
To torture on a rack
relief (antonym)
Aid in the form of goods or money given, as by a government agency, to persons unable to support themselves
comfort (antonym)
Anything that makes life easy or comfortable
help (antonym)
(Uncountable) Action given to provide assistance; aid.
consolation (antonym)
The definition of consolation refers to comfort that is given to someone in a time of disappointment, or to the people or things that are providing that comfort.
A violent, intense struggle, especially the struggle that precedes death.
Any method by which such pain is inflicted
When the wound occurred, the skin, nerves, and oil glands were affected, and without oil, the skin would become dry.
A minor ailment.
happy (related)
A state of physical or mental suffering
heavy (related)
(Slang) One that is very important or influential:
hardcase
wickedness (related)
weariness (related)
unbelief (related)
Public unrest or disorder.
A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:
Synonym Study
- Misfortune is applied to a circumstance or event involving adverse fortune or to the suffering or distress occasioned by it
- Tribulation connotes severe affliction continuing over a long and trying period
- Trial suggests suffering that tries one's endurance, but in a weaker sense refers to annoyance that tries one's patience
- Affliction implies pain, suffering, or distress imposed by illness, loss, misfortune, etc.
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