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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈflɪkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-afflict.wav Forms: afflicts [present, singular, third-person], afflicting [participle, present], afflicted [participle, past], afflicted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪkt Etymology: From Middle English afflicten (attested in past participle afflicte), from Latin afflictāre (“to damage, harass, torment”), frequentative of affligere (“to dash down, overthrow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|afflicten}} Middle English afflicten, {{der|en|la|afflictāre|t=to damage, harass, torment}} Latin afflictāre (“to damage, harass, torment”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} afflict (third-person singular simple present afflicts, present participle afflicting, simple past and past participle afflicted)
  1. (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. Tags: transitive Synonyms: torment, torture, hurt, vex Translations (to cause pain to): измъчвам (izmǎčvam) (Bulgarian), причинявам болка (pričinjavam bolka) (Bulgarian), 使痛苦 (Chinese Mandarin), postihnout (Czech), bedroeven (Dutch), kwellen (Dutch), treffen (Dutch), teisteren (Dutch), aflikti (Esperanto), malĝojigi (Esperanto), ĉagreni (Esperanto), vaivata (Finnish), koetella (Finnish), bekümmern (German), הכאיב (hikh'ív) (Hebrew), ייסר (yisér) (Hebrew), אמלל (imlél) (Hebrew), afliktar (Ido), affliggere (Italian), afflīgō (Latin), whakawhiu (Maori), makimaki (note: of an illness) (Maori), ngau (Maori), آزردن (âzordan) (Persian), دچار کردن (dočâr kardan) (Persian), دامنگیر کردن (dâman-gir kardan) (Persian), afligir (Portuguese), причиня́ть боль (pričinjátʹ bolʹ) (Russian), мучать (mučatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), afligir (Spanish), acorar [Caribbean] (Spanish), дошкуляти (doškuljaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), причиняти (pryčynjaty) [imperfective, rare] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-afflict-en-verb-R5WnRflb Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 43 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 50 43 7 Disambiguation of 'to cause pain to': 97 3 0
  2. (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-afflict-en-verb-m0gJbHpA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 51 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 54 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 59 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 60 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 57 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 43 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 66 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 55 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 64 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 50 43 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 20 70 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 66 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 22 66 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 32 59 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 36 55 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 37 54 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 37 54 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 66 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 65 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 36 55 9
  3. (obsolete) To make low or humble. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-afflict-en-verb-GQkZQeyI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: afflictee, afflicter, afflictingly, reafflict, unafflicting Related terms: affliction, afflictive

Verb [Scots]

IPA: /əˈflɪk(t)/ Forms: afflicts [present, singular, third-person], afflictin [participle, present], afflictit [past], afflictit [participle, past]
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  1. to afflict
    Sense id: en-afflict-sco-verb-Sb8iPmdC Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Ido translations",
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    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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          "text": "Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 23:27:",
          "text": "Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.",
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          "ref": "1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 41:",
          "text": "[T]he wench was afflicted with religion and unapproachably austere.",
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        "(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress."
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          "word": "hurt"
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          "word": "vex"
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        {
          "ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
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        "To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result."
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        "(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result."
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          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The Argument of mine afflicted stile",
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        },
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          "ref": "1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To make low or humble."
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        "(obsolete) To make low or humble."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmǎčvam",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "измъчвам"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "pričinjavam bolka",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "причинявам болка"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "使痛苦"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "postihnout"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "bedroeven"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "kwellen"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "treffen"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "teisteren"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "aflikti"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "malĝojigi"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "ĉagreni"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "vaivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "koetella"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "bekümmern"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hikh'ív",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "הכאיב"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yisér",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "ייסר"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "imlél",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "אמלל"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "afliktar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "affliggere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "afflīgō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "whakawhiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of an illness",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "makimaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "ngau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âzordan",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "آزردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dočâr kardan",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "دچار کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dâman-gir kardan",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "دامنگیر کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "afligir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pričinjátʹ bolʹ",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "причиня́ть боль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mučatʹ",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "мучать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "word": "afligir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "acorar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doškuljaty",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дошкуляти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryčynjaty",
      "sense": "to cause pain to",
      "tags": [
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        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "причиняти"
    }
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}

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