affliction
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6.7
- noun
- /əˈflɪkʃən/
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aflicción
- Despite his physical affliction, he remained optimistic and focused on what he could achieve.
- a common affliction
- diseases and afflictions
- pain and affliction
Maybe these so-called maladies, these afflictions, are really not harmful things at all?
- Maybe these so-called maladies, these afflictions, are really not harmful things at all?
- And I just wanted to let you know that I also suffer that affliction.
- And then height became an affliction for him as he aged, height became an affliction for that man.
- And for me, the becoming aware of your mental afflictions is always the more satisfactory answer.
- And Heather, have you sought help for this affliction that you had Just it's happening multiple times.
- And he's in as bad of a place as possible for someone like who has an affliction like that.
- I think that we need to help people and treat them from a place of empathy who are suffering with an awful affliction to their sexuality.
- And so being someone that doesn't like to ask for help, and I know that affliction very much.
- Self-discipline helped Helen Keller to triumph over deafness, blindness and dumbness, a combination of afflictions such as most people never experience.
- The choice in life is between becoming aware of the afflictions that are associated with it or the discomfort of being ruled by them.
- So he says now, when an affliction comes on us, we pride ourselves, if we're able to, to resiliently resist that affliction.
- You know, your friend's work who's trying to understand the influence of the microbiome and different disease states or afflictions.
- I wonder what other afflictions you could have and also have like, a cool place, you know it.
Examples
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Many people struggle silently with their mental affliction, finding it hard to seek help.
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And thus it was that I made the acquaintance of Dr. Henry Goose, the man I hoped might cure me of my affliction.
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It's about you and your affliction: I want to help you, if I can.
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How does it feel to know that your affliction is the source of so much joy?
Fiction book (2002) -
Let the water run down and wash away this affliction.
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I think me and you, we suffer from the same affliction.
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And the most horrifying part of this affliction was the loss of control over himself and his behavior.
Academic text (2011) -
The winter after camp, I developed rheumatic fever, another common affliction of the time.
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And you know, if you have the affliction, you're going to find some stumbles along the way.
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The human condition being what it is, their afflictions are monotonously similar; only the names are different.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
783
3.7
A health problem that affects a person, often long-term
693
1.1
A time when a person is sick and cannot do normal things
126
4.9
A person or thing that causes a lot of harm
71
4.9
A difficult time when you face many problems
63
3.4
A small illness that often lasts a long time
29
4.9
A social problem that causes suffering or trouble
5
7.6
A serious problem that harms a community or system
1
8.1
A person or thing that makes people unhappy
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word affliction comes from the Latin verb affligere, which meant 'to strike down'. It is related to English words like inflict ('to cause harm') and conflict ('a clash'), so an affliction is something that 'strikes' someone and causes great pain or suffering.