Synonyms of afflict

verbTo cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.

• tormentTo cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.).
• tortureTo intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or...
• smiteTo afflict; to chasten; to punish.
• aggrieveTo cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict.
• agonizeTo cause agony or anguish in someone.
• anguishTo cause to suffer pain.
• dere British, dialectalTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.
• excruciateTo inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
• hurt
• irritateTo induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
• pangTo cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
• pineTo inflict pain upon; to torment.
• rackTo cause (someone) to suffer pain.
• wring figurativelyTo cause distress or pain to (a person or their heart, soul, etc.); to distress, to torment.
• lacerate
• plagueTo afflict with a disease or other calamity.
• atray dialectalTo vex; trouble; frighten; torment; harass.
• cag dialectal, slangTo vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
• distressTo cause strain or anxiety to someone.
• harassTo put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
• harrowTo traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
• harryTo harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
• troubleTo mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
• vexTo cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
• rend
• ache literary, rareTo cause someone or something to suffer pain.
• throe obsoleteTo cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.
• engrieve archaicTo cause grief to, to vex or pain; to associate with vexation or pain.
• grame obsoleteTo vex; grill; make angry or sorry.