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inflict

/ɪnˈflɪkt/

inflict verb: to thrust upon; to impose.

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Verb

inflict (third-person singular simple present inflicts, present participle inflicting, simple past and past participle inflicted)

  1. To thrust upon; to impose.
    • They inflicted terrible pains on her to obtain a confession.
    • The enemy's artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy forces.
    Synonyms:
    exact, fetch, visit, wreak

inflict meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu

inflict in Tamil

உண்டாக்கு, ஏற்படுத்து, தண்டனை முதலியன சுமத்து, அளி, அனுபவிக்கச் செய், அல்லற்படுத்து

inflict in Urdu

ڈالنا, لگانا, تکلیف دینا

inflict in Bengali

আরোপ করা, শাস্তি দেওয়া, আঘাত হানা

inflict in Telugu

to inflict
తగిలించు tagiliñcu
More languagesFewer languages
inflict in Malayalam
ചുമത്തുക, ഏല്പിക്കുക, പീഡിപ്പിക്കുക
inflict in Sanskrit
व्यध् vyadh
inflict in Persian
دچار کردن dočâr kardan, تحمیل کردن tahmil kardan

Examples of inflict in a sentence

  • In that case, I won't inflict my company on you any longer.
  • This allowed me to continue inflicting this injury on myself long after I otherwise could have beared^([sic]), I think.2011 June 15, Tony White, Working with Suicidal Individuals: A Guide to Providing Understanding, Assessment and Support, Jessica Kingsley...

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Synonyms of inflict

Forms of inflict

third-person singular presentinflicts
present participleinflicting
past participleinflicted
pastinflicted

Past tense of inflict: inflicted

Origin of inflict

From Latin īnflīctus, from in- + flīctus, past participle of īnflīgō (“to knock or strike against”), from in- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence in-).

Words formed from inflict

Words that rhyme with inflict

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Questions about inflict

What does inflict mean?
Inflict means to thrust upon; to impose.
What is inflict in Tamil?
Inflict in Tamil is உண்டாக்கு, ஏற்படுத்து, தண்டனை முதலியன சுமத்து. See Inflict meaning in Tamil.
How do you use inflict in a sentence?
In that case, I won't inflict my company on you any longer.
What part of speech is inflict?
Inflict is a verb.
How do you pronounce inflict?
Inflict is pronounced /ɪnˈflɪkt/.
What is the past tense of inflict?
The past tense of inflict is inflicted.

Words near inflict in the dictionary

  1. inflexionless
  2. inflexions
  3. inflexive
  4. inflexure
  5. inflexures
  6. inflict
  7. inflictable
  8. inflicted
  9. inflicted insight
  10. inflicted insights
  11. inflicter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inflict (page history and authors); inflict (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inflict (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inflict (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); తగిలించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); inflict (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); व्यध् (Sanskrit) (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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