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Definitions for Afflict

[1] to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
[2] Obsolete . to overthrow; defeat. to humble.
[3] (tr) to cause suffering or unhappiness to; distress greatly

Words related to Afflict

annoy, torture, bother, wound, oppress, beset, torment, burden, plague, rack, crucify, smite, pester, pain, distress, agonize, lacerate, grieve, vex, try

Words nearby Afflict

affix, affixation, affixture, afflated, afflatus, afflict, afflicting, affliction, afflictive, affluence, affluency

Origin of Afflict

1350–1400; Middle English afflicten < Latin afflīctus distressed, past participle of afflīgere to cast down (af- af- + flīg- knock + -tus past participle suffix); replacing Middle English aflight < Middle French aflit < L. See inflict

Words that may be confused with Afflict

afflict, infect, inflict

Other words from Afflict

af·flict·ed·ness , noun
af·flict·er , noun
o·ver·af·flict , verb (used with object)
pre·af·flict , verb (used with object)
self-af·flict·ing , adjective
un·af·flict·ed , adjective
un·af·flict·ed·ly , adverb
un·af·flict·ed·ness , noun
un·af·flict·ing , adjective

Word origin for Afflict

C14: from Latin afflictus, past participle of afflīgere to knock against, from flīgere to knock, to strike

Synonyms for Afflict

annoy, beset, bother, burden, oppress, plague, rack, torment, torture, wound, agonize, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harrow, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, pain, pester, press, smite, strike, trouble, try, vex, worry