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af·flic·tion
(ə-flĭk′shən)n.
1. A condition of pain, suffering, or distress: the affliction of arthritis. See Synonyms at trial.
2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress: "The mount twists wind and weather to alter them into afflictions as a heartless monarch does laws" (William Least Heat-Moon). See Synonyms at burden.
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affliction
(əˈflɪkʃən)n
1. a condition of great distress, pain, or suffering
2. something responsible for physical or mental suffering, such as a disease, grief, etc
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af•flic•tion
(əˈflɪk ʃən)n.
1. a distressed or painful state; misery.
2. a cause of mental or bodily pain.
[1300–50; Middle English < Latin]
af•flic′tive, adj.
af•flic′tive•ly, adv.
syn: See misfortune.
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Noun | 1. | affliction - a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity adversity, hard knocks, hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" crown of thorns, cross - any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns" |
2. | affliction - a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain deformity, malformation, misshapenness - an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | |
3. | affliction - a cause of great suffering and distress trouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" tribulation, visitation, trial - an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea" |
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affliction
noun misfortune, suffering, trouble, trial, disease, pain, distress, grief, misery, plague, curse, ordeal, sickness, torment, hardship, sorrow, woe, adversity, calamity, scourge, tribulation, wretchedness Hay fever is an affliction that arrives at an early age.
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affliction
noun1. A state of physical or mental suffering:
2. The condition of being sick:
3. Something hard to bear physically or emotionally:
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Translations
بَلْوى، مِحْنَة، مَرَض، ألَم
neštěstíutrpení
plage
kärsimystuska
szenvedés
raun, òjáning, ógæfa
affliction
[əˈflɪkʃən] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
affliction
n
(= cause of suffering, blindness etc) → Gebrechen nt; (illness) → Beschwerde f; (worry) → Sorge f; the afflictions of old age → Altersbeschwerden pl; the government is itself the nation’s greatest affliction → die Regierung ist selbst die größte Last für das Volk
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
afflict
(əˈflikt) verb to give pain or distress to (a person etc). She is continually afflicted by/with headaches.
afˈfliction (-ʃən) nounHer deafness is a great affliction to her.
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affliction
n. aflicción, padecimiento, sufrimiento.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
affliction
n aflicción f, mal m, padecimientoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.