affliction

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.

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20k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/əˈflɪkʃən/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem, from affligere, whence English afflict.

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