"afflict" meaning in English

See afflict in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈflɪkt/ Audio: en-us-afflict.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-afflict.wav [UK] Forms: afflict [canonical], afflicts [third-person, singular], afflicted [past], afflicted [past, participle], afflicting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something or someone afflicts you, it causes you to suffer on be in pain.
    Sense id: simple-afflict-en-verb-7rneDZB1
     
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