- an afflicted condition; pain; suffering
- anything causing pain or distress; calamity
Origin of affliction
Middle English affliccion from Old French affliction from Classical Latin afflictio
noun
- An example of an affliction would be a diagnosis of a fatal illness.
- An example of an affliction is the process of going through chemotherapy.
The definition of an affliction is a curse to bear, or something that causes agony, suffering, or great pain.
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Noun
(plural afflictions)
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Sentence Examples
- She must face her affliction and clean up the house or she will lose her daughters.
- This deadly affliction can remain undetected for months, until infected animals are subject to a number of uncomfortable and potentially fatal conditions.
- Is it possible that many of the chupacabra pictures are merely of a coyote with some type of mange or other skin affliction?
- The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son by Rupert Isaacson: The Horse Boy is an inspirational story about how parents came to see his son's autism as an adventure rather than an affliction.
- The lady confessed her werewolf affliction and was summarily executed.This tale is told with some variations on Hell Horror, along with many other legends of shape-shifting creatures.
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WORDS NEAR affliction IN THE DICTIONARY
- affliction
- afflicters
- afflictest
- afflicteth