'affliction' definitions:
Definition of 'affliction'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
noun
A condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
noun
A cause of great suffering and distress
Synonyms of 'affliction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormality,
- acute disease,
- adverse circumstances,
- adversity,
- affection,
- aggravation,
- ailment,
- allergic disease,
- allergy,
- anguish,
- annoyance,
- atrophy,
- bacterial disease,
- bane,
- birth defect,
- bitter cup,
- bitter draft,
- bitter draught,
- bitter pill,
- blight,
- bugbear,
- bummer,
- burden,
- burden of care,
- calamity,
- calvary,
- cankerworm of care,
- cardiovascular disease,
- care,
- catastrophe,
- chronic disease,
- circulatory disease,
- complaint,
- complication,
- condition,
- congenital defect,
- cross,
- crown of thorns,
- crucible,
- crushing burden,
- curse,
- death,
- defect,
- deficiency disease,
- deformity,
- degenerative disease,
- destruction,
- difficulties,
- difficulty,
- disability,
- disaster,
- disease,
- disorder,
- distemper,
- distress,
- dole,
- downer,
- encumbrance,
- endemic,
- endemic disease,
- endocrine disease,
- epidemic disease,
- evil,
- functional disease,
- fungus disease,
- gall,
- gall and wormwood,
- gastrointestinal disease,
- genetic disease,
- grief,
- grievance,
- handicap,
- hard knocks,
- hard life,
- hard lot,
- hardcase,
- hardship,
- harm,
- heartache,
- heartbreak,
- hereditary disease,
- iatrogenic disease,
- illness,
- indisposition,
- infectious disease,
- infirmity,
- infliction,
- irritation,
- load,
- malady,
- malaise,
- mischance,
- misery,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- morbidity,
- morbus,
- muscular disease,
- nemesis,
- neurological disease,
- nutritional disease,
- occupational disease,
- open wound,
- oppression,
- ordeal,
- organic disease,
- pack of troubles,
- pain,
- pandemic disease,
- pathological condition,
- pathology,
- peck of troubles,
- pest,
- pestilence,
- plague,
- plant disease,
- plight,
- predicament,
- pressure,
- protozoan disease,
- psychosomatic disease,
- regret,
- respiratory disease,
- rigor,
- rockiness,
- rue,
- running sore,
- scourge,
- sea of troubles,
- secondary disease,
- seediness,
- sickishness,
- sickness,
- signs,
- sorrow,
- stress,
- stress of life,
- suffering,
- symptomatology,
- symptomology,
- symptoms,
- syndrome,
- the pip,
- thorn,
- torment,
- trial,
- tribulation,
- trouble,
- troubles,
- urogenital disease,
- vale of tears,
- vexation,
- vicissitude,
- virus disease,
- visitation,
- wasting disease,
- waters of bitterness,
- weight,
- woe,
- worm disease,
- wretchedness