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To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress

Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

{v} to give pain, trouble, vex, affect
cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
cause bodily suffering to
cause bodily suffering to cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
{f} distress; cause suffering, torment, torture
If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer. Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments = affect. to affect someone or something in an unpleasant way, and make them suffer afflict with/by (past participle of affligere , from ad- + fligere )
To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment
Afflicted
cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents
To strike or cast down; to overthrow
To cause someone pain, suffering or distress
To make low or humble
affliction
the cause of such a state
afflicted
{a} troubled, distressed, grieved
affliction
{n} distress, misery, grief, sorrow, pain
Affliction
(af·flic·tion) NOUN: 1 ) A condition of pain, suffering, or distress 2 ) A cause of pain, suffering, or distress During the nineteenth century, a disability was commonly referred to as an "affliction" and implied divine intervention in people's lives
Affliction
Sanskrit: klesha; Tibetan: nyon mong Any emotion or conception that disturbs and distorts consciousness The six root afflictions are attachment, anger, self-importance, ignorance, wrong views and emotional doubt
Affliction
Adverse aspects between planets, or between a planet and a cusp or other sensitive point
Affliction
a cause of great suffering and distress
Affliction
a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
Affliction
a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
afflicted
grievously affected especially by disease
afflicted
past of afflict
afflicted
mentally or physically unfit grievously affected especially by disease
afflicted
mentally or physically unfit
afflicted
{s} distressed; infected, stricken, plagued, tormented
afflicting
present participle of afflict
afflicting
Af*flict"ing*ly, adv
afflicting
Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event
affliction
An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering. Hay fever is an affliction which arrives at an early age. something that causes pain or suffering, especially a medical condition
affliction
a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony
affliction
{i} suffering, pain, torment
affliction
a cause of great suffering and distress a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
affliction
an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief
affliction
The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief
affliction
The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc
afflictions
plural of affliction
afflicts
third-person singular of afflict
afflict
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