affliction
Syllables: af·flic·tion/əˈflɪk.ʃən/
affliction noun: a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Noun
affliction (countable and uncountable, plural afflictions)
- A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- 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).]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...
- Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- 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) [...]1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
affliction meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
affliction in Hindi
- affliction, suffering, anguish
- क्लेश kleś
- affliction, adversity, scourge, distress, misfortune, trouble
- आफ़त āfat
- affliction, suffering, distress
- बाधा bādhā
- affliction or possession from an evil spirit
- आसेब āseb
affliction in Tamil
- affliction, sorrow, distress, trouble, difficulty
- துன்பம் tuṉpam
- affliction, distress, sorrow
- அல்லல் allal
- affliction, trouble, suffering, distress
- இடர் iṭar
- affliction, grief, sorrow
- துயர் tuyar
affliction in Urdu
- affliction, scourge
- بلا balā
- affliction, pain
- تکلیف taklīf
- affliction
- روگ rog, پیڑا pīṛā, درد dard
- affliction, evil
- وبا vabā
affliction in Bengali
- affliction
- দরদ dorod
- affliction, mortification
- অগ্নি ogni
- an affliction, trouble
- ভোগ bhōg
More languagesFewer languages
- affliction in Telugu
- క్లేశము klēśamu, ఉసురు usuru
- affliction in Malayalam
- തീവ്രമായ വേദന ഉളവാക്കുന്ന സ്ഥിതി, അത്തരമൊരു സ്ഥിതി സംജാതമാകാനുള്ള കാരണം
- affliction in Kannada
- ಬಾಧೆ, ಹಿಂಸೆ, ವ್ಯಥೆ, ನೋವು
- affliction in Punjabi
- ਵੇਦਨਾ vednā
- affliction in Nepali
- दुर्गति durgati
- affliction in Malay
- kepayahan
Examples of affliction in a sentence
- Kannibalism is not such a wise habit for human beings, because of resulting afflictions like Creutzfeldt-Jakob desease.
- Biden Jr. suffered from a “mental affliction.”
- If affliction was higher among the indoor and public-facing staff, it would suggest that human contact was the cause.
Forms of affliction
| plural | afflictions |
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Origin of affliction
From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem (“pain, suffering, torment”), from Latin afflīctō (“to damage, harass, torment”), from ad- + flīctus, past participle of afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence af-). By surface analysis, afflict + -ion.
Words formed from affliction
Words that rhyme with affliction
- friction
- astriction
- jurisdiction
- addiction
- benediction
- contradiction
- conviction
- depiction
- valediction
- constriction
- dereliction
- fan fiction
30 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- fiction
- indiction
- restriction
- diction
- emiction
- eviction
- faan fiction
- infriction
- malediction
- prediction
- science fiction
- striction
- abstriction
- affixion
- condiction
- confliction
- effiction
- infixion
- miction
- pilimiction
- postdiction
- preconstriction
- prefixion
- reliction
- renoviction
- retrodiction
- scientifiction
- stiction
- suffixion
- transfixion
Questions about affliction
- What does affliction mean?
- Affliction means a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- What is affliction in Hindi?
- Affliction in Hindi is क्लेश (kleś), आफ़त (āfat), बाधा (bādhā). See Affliction meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is affliction?
- Affliction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce affliction?
- Affliction is pronounced /əˈflɪk.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of affliction?
- The plural of affliction is afflictions.
Words near affliction in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: affliction (page history and authors); आफ़त (Hindi) (page history and authors); அல்லல் (Tamil) (page history and authors); بلا (Urdu) (page history and authors); অগ্নি (Bengali) (page history and authors); ఉసురు (Telugu) (page history and authors); affliction (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affliction (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵੇਦਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); दुर्गति (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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