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Definition of Afflicting
1. a. Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.
Definition of Afflicting
1. Verb. (present participle of afflict) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Afflicting
1. afflict [v] - See also: afflict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afflicting
Literary usage of Afflicting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Kate Stephens (1896)
"... not so much to leave them to any that were to come after me, as to deliver my
thoughts from daily poring over them, and afflicting my mind. ..."
2. Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana which are Contained in the Holy by Emanuel Swedenborg (1857)
"If in afflicting thou shalt afflict him, so that crying he cry to Ma, hearing I
will hear ... 2025, 3672, 6095 ; and from the signification of afflicting, ..."
3. Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881 by James Anthony Froude (1884)
"Purpose formed to write on Frederick the Great—The author of the ' Handbook of
Spain'—Afflicting visitors—Studies for' Frederick'— Visit to ..."
4. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of by Cotton Mather, Increase Mather (1862)
"If Satan may not represent one that is not a Covenant Servant of his, as afflicting
those that are bewitched or possessed, then it is either because he ..."
5. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of by Cotton Mather, Increase Mather (1862)
"If Satan may not represent one that is not a Covenant Servant of his, as afflicting
those that are bewitched or possessed, then it is either because he ..."
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