"affliction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈflɪkʃən/ Audio: en-us-affliction.ogg Forms: afflictions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem, from affligere, whence English afflict. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|affliction}} Middle English affliction, {{der|en|fro|afliction}} Old French afliction, {{der|en|la|afflictio|afflīctiōnem}} Latin afflīctiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} affliction (countable and uncountable, plural afflictions)
  1. A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony): θλῖψις (thlîpsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), վիշտ (višt) (Armenian), болка (bolka) (Bulgarian), измъчване (izmǎčvane) (Bulgarian), огорчение (ogorčenie) (Bulgarian), 痛苦 (english: tung³ fu²) (Chinese Cantonese), 痛苦 (tòngkǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), lijden [neuter] (Dutch), pijn [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), aflikto (Esperanto), kärsimys (Finnish), tuska (Finnish), affliction [feminine] (French), détresse [feminine] (French), anoto [masculine] (Galician), Leiden [neuter] (German), Behinderung [feminine] (German), 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 (slahs) [masculine] (Gothic), 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 (aggwiþa) [feminine] (Gothic), angar [masculine] (Irish), galar [masculine] (Irish), doilíos [masculine] (Irish), afflizione [feminine] (Italian), afrision [feminine] (Ladino), afriisyon [feminine] (Ladino), kepayahan [feminine] (Malay), Älent [neuter] (Plautdietsch), cierpienie [neuter] (Polish), przypadłość [feminine] (Polish), afekcja [dated, feminine] (Polish), aflição [feminine] (Portuguese), страда́ние (stradánije) [neuter] (Russian), печа́ль (pečálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), огорче́ние (ogorčénije) [neuter] (Russian), боль (bolʹ) [feminine] (Russian), го́ре (góre) [neuter] (Russian), муче́ние (mučénije) [neuter] (Russian), patnja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trpljenje (Serbo-Croatian), aflicción [feminine] (Spanish), tribulación [feminine] (Spanish), quebranto (Spanish), ızdırap (Turkish), dert (Turkish), keder (Turkish)
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  2. Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony): aandoening [feminine] (Dutch), kwelling [feminine] (Dutch), affliction [feminine] (French), afflizione [feminine] (Italian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: afflictionless, bread of affliction, self-affliction

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1781, [Mostyn John Armstrong], History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. Volume IX. Containing the Hundreds of Smithdon, Taverham, Tunstead, Walsham, and Wayland, volume IX, Norwich: Printed by J. Crouse, for M. Booth, bookseller, →OCLC, page 51:",
          "text": "BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]",
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          "word": "anoto"
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          "roman": "pečálʹ",
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          "text": "She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]",
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    "Terms with Malay translations",
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          "text": "BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]",
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      "english": "tung³ fu²",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "痛苦"
    },
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      "roman": "tòngkǔ",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "痛苦"
    },
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      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
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      "word": "lijden"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
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      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "aflikto"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "kärsimys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "tuska"
    },
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
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    },
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      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "anoto"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Leiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Behinderung"
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      "roman": "slahs",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aggwiþa",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thlîpsis",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "θλῖψις"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "angar"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
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      "word": "doilíos"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afflizione"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "afrision"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "afriisyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kepayahan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Älent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cierpienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przypadłość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afekcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aflição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stradánije",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "страда́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pečálʹ",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "печа́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogorčénije",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "огорче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolʹ",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "боль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "góre",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "го́ре"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mučénije",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "муче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patnja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "trpljenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aflicción"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tribulación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "quebranto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "ızdırap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "dert"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "word": "keder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aandoening"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kwelling"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "affliction"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afflizione"
    }
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  "word": "affliction"
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