affliction
a state of pain, distress, or grief; misery: They sympathized with us in our affliction.
a cause of mental or bodily pain, as sickness, loss, calamity, or persecution.
Origin of affliction
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Other words from affliction
- af·flic·tion·less, adjective
- o·ver·af·flic·tion, noun
- pre·af·flic·tion, noun
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How to use affliction in a sentence
Arithmophobia may be an actual affliction, or maybe I made it up as a clinical-sounding excuse to explain my shortcomings.
In the World of Ultralight Hiking, Everything Weighs Something | jversteegh | July 14, 2021 | Outside OnlineIf you asked me today to list all the possible afflictions that could cause the demise of the game’s 19th-century pioneers, I could probably still rattle them off.
Heat-related illness is a common affliction for those who fail to respect both the weather and their own bodily needs.
These afflictions are known as some of the hardest mental illnesses to treat, and they have the highest mortality rates of all mental conditions.
Regardless, Xie’s discoveries are crucial to understanding why some are born with such afflictions — and without them, the chances of creating preventative cures is slim.
“We always say addiction is an equal opportunity affliction,” Skipper said.
The term Affluenza caused a national gag reflex—and as a doctor I can assure you that, no, Affluenza is not a real affliction.
It took that hideous affliction to remove the even more hideous affliction of destructive and ingrown stories.
The Collector: Rebecca Solnit on Textual Pleasure, Punk, and More | Lauren Elkin | July 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNot only was TBI an unknown affliction in midcentury America, we pretended that the war was in the distant past.
‘Something Happened to My Head. I Couldn’t Get Focused.’ | Dale Maharidge | May 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCasey Schwartz on the science behind the rare affliction—and how it spreads.
Necrotizing Fasciitis: How ‘Flesh-Eating Bacteria’ Strike | Casey Schwartz | May 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousI have borne me up against affliction, till my o'ercharged bosom can contain no longer.
The Battle of Hexham; | George ColmanIt is an insult to them to leave them to join in pleasure from which their recent affliction excludes them.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyThe smoking furnace symbolized the people of Israel who were to be tried in the iron furnace of affliction in Egypt.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamIf, after affliction, your friends call before you are able to see them, do not fear to give offence by declining to receive them.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
British Dictionary definitions for affliction
/ (əˈflɪkʃən) /
a condition of great distress, pain, or suffering
something responsible for physical or mental suffering, such as a disease, grief, etc
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