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Definition of Afflict
1. Verb. Cause great unhappiness for; distress. "The bad news will afflict him"; "She was afflicted by the death of her parents"
Specialized synonyms: Aggrieve, Grieve, Tribulate, Strain, Stress, Try
Derivative terms: Affliction, Affliction, Afflictive
2. Verb. Cause physical pain or suffering in. "Afflict with the plague"
Generic synonyms: Damage
Specialized synonyms: Visit, Blight, Plague
Derivative terms: Affliction, Afflictive
Definition of Afflict
1. v. t. To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
2. p. p. & a. Afflicted.
Definition of Afflict
1. Verb. (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Afflict
1. to distress with mental or physical pain [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afflict
Literary usage of Afflict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Hi: 5.that we may bind him in afflict him: tí. thou mightest be bound to afflict
thee ... 7:IO.neither shall the children of wickedness afflict (lit. add to ..."
2. Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana which are Contained in the Holy by Emanuel Swedenborg (1857)
"And a sojourner thou shalt not afflict, and shalt not oppress, ... Any widow and
orphan ye shall not afflict. If in afflicting thou shalt afflict him, ..."
3. Sermons and Sketches of Sermons by Richard Watson (1857)
"The first proof that he cannot afflict willingly, or, as it is in the Hebrew, "
from his heart," is found in his nature. That nature is love. ..."
4. Salem Witchcraft: With an Account of Salem Village, and a History of by Charles Wentworth Upham (1867)
"... she had power to afflict me, and that now she would afflict me all this day
long." The reference here is probably to the fact, that, on the 1st of June, ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"This Aryan base TRUD is an extension from the base TRU, to vex, as seen in Gk.
rpv-tir, to harass, afflict, vex, and in Gk. rpav-fta, a wound, rpii-nrj, ..."
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