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affliction

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af·flic·tion  (-flkshn)
n.
1. A condition of pain, suffering, or distress. See Synonyms at trial.
2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress. See Synonyms at burden1.

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.afflictionaffliction - 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"
calvary, martyrdom - any experience that causes intense suffering
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"
curse, torment - a severe affliction
attack - a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; "an attack of diarrhea"
bane, nemesis, scourge, curse - something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"

affliction
Translations
affliction [əˈflɪkʃən] N
1. (= suffering) → aflicción f, congoja f
2. (bodily) → mal m
the afflictions of old agelos achaques de la vejez
3. (= misfortune) → desgracia f, infortunio m
it's a terrible afflictiones una desgracia tremenda
affliction [əˈflɪkʃən] naffliction f
affliction
n
(= distress)Not f, → Bedrängnis f; (= pain)Leiden pl, → Schmerzen pl
(= cause of suffering, blindness etc) → Gebrechen nt; (illness) → Beschwerde f; (worry) → Sorge f; the afflictions of old ageAltersbeschwerden pl; the government is itself the nation’s greatest afflictiondie Regierung ist selbst die größte Last für das Volk
affliction [əˈflɪkʃn] n (suffering) → afflizione f, sofferenza; (bodily) → infermità f inv


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A sensibility too tremblingly alive to every affliction of my Freinds, my Acquaintance and particularly to every affliction of my own, was my only fault, if a fault it could be called.
"Ah, what ter'ble affliction is dis," continued she.
Down his cheeks there were coursing tears--though less through grief than owing to a long-standing affliction of the eyes.
 
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