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.
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"
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
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
(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
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
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
[ &-'flikt ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Latin afflictus, past participle of affligere to cast down, from ad- + fligere to strike; more at PROFLIGATE.