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   Af·flic·tion

   /əˈflikSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. something that causes pain or suffering: "a crippling affliction of the nervous system" Similar disorderdiseasemaladycomplaintailmentillnessindispositionscourgeplaguetroublemenaceevilvisitation
   • ▪ pain or suffering: "poor people in great affliction" Similar sufferingdistresspaintroublemiserywretchednesshardshipmisfortuneadversitysorrowtormenttribulationwoecross to bearthorn in one's flesh/sidebanetrialcalamityordealills
   • ▪ an instance of one celestial body afflicting another.

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘infliction of pain or humiliation’, specifically ‘religious self-mortification’): via Old French from Latin afflictio(n-), from the verb affligere (see afflict).

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   What does affliction mean?

   • 2. Affliction, adversity, misfortune, trial refer to an event or circumstance that is hard to bear. A misfortune is any adverse or unfavorable occurrence: He had the misfortune to break his leg. Affliction suggests not only a serious misfortune but the emotional effect of this: Blindness is an affliction.

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   How many meanings does the noun affliction have?

   • There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun affliction. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the noun affliction? How is the noun affliction pronounced? Where does the noun affliction come from?

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   What is afflict verb?

   • Definition of afflict verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to affect somebody/something in an unpleasant or harmful way afflict somebody/something Severe drought has afflicted the region. Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas. be afflicted with something About 40 per cent of the country's population is afflicted with the disease.

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   What is affliction in the Bible?

   • (See Proverbs 24:10; Colossians 1:24.) A fflictions An affliction is a pathological (deviation from normalcy) condition of mind, body, soul, or spirit that produces suffering, sicknesses, disease, or conditions difficult to treat, cure, or overcome by human interventions. The ultimate cure, of course, is divine intervention.

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   noun. a state of pain, distress, or grief; misery: They sympathized with us in our affliction. Antonyms: solace, comfort, relief. a cause of mental or bodily pain, as sickness, loss, calamity, or persecution. Synonyms: disaster, catastrophe, calamity, tribulation, trouble, mishap. affliction. / əˈflɪkʃən /.

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   Definition of affliction noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English af‧flic‧tion /əˈflɪkʃən/ noun [ countable, uncountable] formal something that causes pain or suffering, especially a medical condition the afflictions of old age Examples from the Corpus affliction • Because it is an affliction peculiar to women?

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   What does the noun affliction mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun affliction. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. affliction has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.

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   Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony. Derived terms [ edit] afflictionless. bread of affliction. self-affliction. Translations [ edit] ± a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony. ± something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony. French [ edit] Etymology [ edit]

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   to affect somebody/something in an unpleasant or harmful way. afflict somebody/something Severe drought has afflicted the region. Aid will be sent to the afflicted areas. be afflicted with something About 40 per cent of the country's population is afflicted with the disease.