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afflicted
[ uh-flik-tid ]
adjective
- greatly distressed or troubled by bodily or mental pain:
The severity of these symptoms predicts how well the afflicted individuals can live independently and maintain employment.
noun
- Usually the afflicted. a person or persons distressed or troubled in such a way:
Behind each of these killer diseases is the pain of despair, loneliness, and loss in the lives of the bereaved and the afflicted.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of afflict ( def ).
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ڱ··Ա noun
- ܲ··ڱ· adjective
- ܲ··ڱ··ly adverb
- un··ڱ··Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of afflicted1
Example Sentences
Next, let's go back nearly two decades to the financial crisis and the historically poor growth and negligible average earnings growth that has afflicted the UK ever since.
His career brought an international spotlight to this system of racial segregation in plays that afflicted consciences and fomented activism at home and abroad.
Before examining the natural disasters that have afflicted these blowhards’ own backyards, it’s proper to note that this isn’t California’s first encounter with political shortsightedness on this majestic scale.
Traditionally, we approached our jobs in the press as comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.
The party elites are afflicted with hubris and incompetence.
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