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afflict
[ uh-flikt ]
verb (used with object)
- to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously:
to be afflicted with migraine headaches.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Obsolete.
- to overthrow; defeat.
- to humble.
afflict
/ əˈڱɪ /
verb
- tr to cause suffering or unhappiness to; distress greatly
Derived Forms
- ˈڱپ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ڱ· noun
- ···ڱ verb (used with object)
- ··ڱ verb (used with object)
- -·ڱ·Բ adjective
- ܲ··ڱ·Բ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of afflict1
Example Sentences
Next, let's go back nearly two decades to the financial crisis and the historically poor growth and negligible average earnings growth that has afflicted the UK ever since.
But if Ireland’s radically asymmetrical relationship with the U.S. is distinctive, the crisis it represents is global and afflicts many other small and medium-size nations.
His career brought an international spotlight to this system of racial segregation in plays that afflicted consciences and fomented activism at home and abroad.
Before examining the natural disasters that have afflicted these blowhards’ own backyards, it’s proper to note that this isn’t California’s first encounter with political shortsightedness on this majestic scale.
Then and now, elected officials were blaming immigrants for all the supposed maladies afflicting this country.
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