affliction
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- (countable, uncountable) Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Synonyms
Translations
aflicción
aflição
affliction
afflizione
Kummer
droefheid
acı
θλίψηFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈflɪkʃən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem, from affligere, whence English afflict.
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