afflict
Meanings
Verb
- cause great unhappiness for; distress
- "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
- cause physical pain or suffering in
- "afflict with the plague"
- To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
- To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
- To make low or humble.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English afflicten (attested in past participle afflicte), from Latin afflictāre (“to damage, harass, torment”), frequentative of affligere (“to dash down, overthrow”).
Synonyms
ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, atray, cag, dere, distress, engrieve, excruciate, grame, harass, harrow, harry, hurt, irritate, pang, pine, plague, rack, rend, smite, throe, torment, torture, trouble, vex, wring
Scrabble Score: 15
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