Plural of affliction
regular plural
The plural of affliction is afflictions.
Forms of affliction
| Singular | affliction /əˈflɪk.ʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | afflictions |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Afflictions in a sentence
- Kannibalism is not such a wise habit for human beings, because of resulting afflictions like Creutzfeldt-Jakob desease.2006 January 28, Richard Smol, “Re: Atheism provides a green light for abortion and queerdom”, in alt.atheism (Usenet), retrieved 22 May…. From the entry desease
- To the long list of everyday afflictions that includes dry, itchy skin and restless leg syndrome, add another: speech disfluency.2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2013. From the entry speech disfluency
- She affected to be spunky about her ailments and afflictions, but she was in fact an utterly self-centered valetudinarian.1985, Louis Auchincloss, Honorable Men. From the entry valetudinarian
- In fact, the claims made by many early manufacturers went beyond mere comfort; they essentially promised to be panacaeas for all your rear-end afflictions.2012, Richard Smyth, Bum Fodder: An Absorbing History of Toilet Paper, →ISBN. From the entry panacaea
- For he appears to have been of this nature, wherefore epileptic afflictions were called by the ancients 'the sacred disease' after him.1927, Aristotle, translated by E[dward] M[organ] Forster, edited by J[ohn] A[lexander] Smith and W[illiam] D[avid] Ross, Problemata [The…. From the entry atrabilious
Meaning of affliction
- noun A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- noun Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Questions about the plural of affliction
- What is the plural of affliction?
- The plural of affliction is afflictions.
- Is affliction countable?
- Affliction is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: affliction (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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