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afflictions

afflictions is the plural of affliction.

Meaning of affliction

Noun

affliction (countable and uncountable, plural afflictions)

  1. 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...
  2. 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!

Questions about afflictions

What is afflictions the plural of?
Afflictions is the plural of affliction.

Words near afflictions in the dictionary

  1. afflicting
  2. afflictingly
  3. afflictings
  4. affliction
  5. afflictionless
  6. afflictions
  7. afflictive
  8. afflictively
  9. afflictress
  10. afflictresses
  11. afflicts

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