'afflict' definitions:
Definition of 'afflict'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
verb
Cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague" [syn: afflict, smite]
Synonyms of 'afflict'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- affect,
- aggrieve,
- agitate,
- agonize,
- ail,
- anguish,
- annoy,
- befoul,
- bewitch,
- bite,
- blight,
- bother,
- break down,
- bring to tears,
- burden,
- burn,
- chafe,
- condemn,
- convulse,
- corrupt,
- crucify,
- crush,
- curse,
- cut,
- cut up,
- damage,
- debilitate,
- defile,
- deprave,
- derange,
- desolate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devitalize,
- disable,
- disadvantage,
- discomfort,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disserve,
- distress,
- disturb,
- do a mischief,
- do evil,
- do ill,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- doom,
- draw tears,
- embitter,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- envenom,
- excruciate,
- fester,
- fret,
- gall,
- get into trouble,
- give pain,
- gnaw,
- grate,
- grieve,
- grind,
- gripe,
- harass,
- harm,
- harrow,
- harry,
- hex,
- hospitalize,
- hurt,
- impair,
- incapacitate,
- indispose,
- infect,
- inflame,
- inflict pain,
- injure,
- inundate,
- invalid,
- irk,
- irritate,
- jinx,
- kill by inches,
- lacerate,
- lay up,
- load with care,
- maltreat,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- menace,
- mistreat,
- molest,
- nip,
- oppress,
- outrage,
- overwhelm,
- pain,
- persecute,
- perturb,
- pester,
- pierce,
- pinch,
- plague,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- press,
- prick,
- prolong the agony,
- prostrate,
- put to it,
- put to torture,
- rack,
- rankle,
- rasp,
- reduce,
- rub,
- savage,
- scathe,
- sicken,
- smite,
- sorrow,
- stab,
- sting,
- strike,
- taint,
- threaten,
- torment,
- torture,
- trouble,
- try,
- tweak,
- twist,
- upset,
- vex,
- violate,
- weaken,
- worry,
- wound,
- wreak havoc on,
- wring,
- wrong