abuse, bring to tears, defile, disturb, fret, hospitalize, kill by inches, pain, prolong the agony, stab, weaken
Definitionv. cause great unhappiness for
Last update: May 4, 2016
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According to the laws of the society of which I am a member, all the evils which afflict humanity arise from faith in external teachings and submission to authority. [verb]
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Having vanquished him, they not only afflicted him with blindness, but deprived him also of the power of song. [verb]
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The sorely afflicted animal licked his lips, and looked up for another hatful. [verb]
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Then, afflicted with disease, he raves against the gods and would overthrow them as he has overthrown earthly rulers. [verb]
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The state has been severly afflicted with floods. [noun]
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This is a day set aside to afflict the soul, to atone for the sins of the past year. [verb]
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I would have spoken a word of comfort to the afflicted soul; but the sight of such a monster might upset her reason. [verb]
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Announce that you have a sick gentleman on board, a passenger afflicted with a foreign illness, and having a foreign physician. [verb]
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Lewin's bill--who is an inexorable harpy--I know of no act of mine that can afflict him. [verb]
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No divine was more attentive in visiting the sick and afflicted, in catechising the youth, in instructing the ignorant, and in reproving the erring. [verb]
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The dead-cart's dreadful bell no longer sounded in the silence of an afflicted city. [verb]
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