afflicted
- adjective
- /əˈflɪktɪd/
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afligido
- The afflicted community received support from various charities after the disaster.
He had a wife, children and a grandmother afflicted by palsy.
- He had a wife, children and a grandmother afflicted by palsy.
- You retired from the court and then he was afflicted with Alzheimer's.
- So it made the, the, the illness that I was afflicted by the Downs.
- The important thing is that if emotions are afflicted, emotion,
- Now baldness, it's a terrible thing and rich men are afflicted.
- anymore? I've been afflicted with this. What have I done to deserve this? And these are
- And no, I mean, I think I, I should have graduated, but I was, I was afflicted by the sort of twin enemies of knowledge which are love and money.
- So I just want to say thank you for this bringing this hugely important topic because so I personally have been afflicted.
Examples
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He had a wife, children and a grandmother afflicted by palsy.
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And they still are afflicted with a lot of like mental issues.
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We were Job, lonely and afflicted.
Fiction book (1994) -
And so this is this is a group of children that are so afflicted with this new this genetic disorders that they cannot go out in the daytime at all.
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For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help, the afflicted also, and him also who has no helper.
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Many people are afflicted by chronic illnesses that require ongoing treatment.
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He felt afflicted by the pain of losing his best friend.
Synonyms
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4.4
Not working well because of damage or weakness
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8.0
Seriously affected by illness, disaster, or strong feeling
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3.7
Having an illness or infection that makes it not healthy
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7.0
Feeling very upset and in deep emotional pain
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7.4
To have something bad or unwanted that causes problems
Feeling pain in the body or mind
Feeling very strong pain or deep worry
Antonyms
How Ill
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word afflicted comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and fligere 'to strike', so it originally meant 'struck down'. That's why we call people or places afflicted when they are 'suffering' or badly 'hurt' by illness or trouble.