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Showing words for AFFLICTING using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Afflicting

afflicting

8 Letter Words for Afflicting

caffling, cliffing

7 Letter Words for Afflicting

afflict, algific, alginic, caitiff, catling, failing, fatling, fiating, finical, fliting, gitalin, inflict, lanific, lifting, tailfin, tailing, tiffing

6 Letter Words for Afflicting

acting, affing, aglint, ailing, alinit, angili, anilic, caitif, cantil, cating, catlin, citing, clinia, clitia, facing, fanfic, fating, fictil, fifing, filing, finial, inital, intail, italic, lacing, liting, nilgai, ticing, tiffin, tiglic, tiling, tincal

5 Letter Words for Afflicting

acing, acini, actin, alfin, algic, algin, align, altin, antic, ating, cagit, calin, canli, cilia, cital, clang, cliff, clift, cling, clint, facit, fagin, faint, fanit, fatil, fiant, ficin, final, finca, flain, flang, fling, flint, giant, gilia, gliff, glift, glint, icing, ictal, ifint, iliac, inact, infit, inial, intil, langi, latin, liang, licit, ligan, linac, linga, litai, nific, tangi, tiang, tical, tilia, tinca, tingi

4 Letter Words for Afflicting

actg, afft, agin, agit, agni, aint, alif, alii, alin, anil, anti, atli, caff, cain, calf, cang, cant, clag, clan, clat, clin, clit, fact, fail, fain, fait, fang, fant, fiat, fica, fict, fila, fili, filt, fini, flag, flan, flat, flic, flit, gaff, gail, gain, gait, gali, galt, gant, gift, gila, gilt, glia, glit, gnat, ilia, inca, incl, infl, inga, inia, init, inta, inti, intl, itai, ital, laff, laft, laic, lain, lait, lang, lant, lati, lift, liin, lina, ling, lint, liti, naff, nagi, naif, naig, nail, natl, ngai, niff, taig, tail, tain, talc, tali, tang, tiff, tinc, ting

3 Letter Words for Afflicting

act, aff, aft, agt, ail, ain, ait, alc, alf, alg, aln, alt, anc, ant, caf, cag, cai, cal, can, cat, cfi, cia, cif, cig, cit, cli, ctf, ctg, ctn, fac, fag, fan, fat, ffa, fgn, fig, fil, fin, fit, flt, gal, gan, gat, gif, gin, git, glt, gtc, ifc, iff, ign, inc, inf, ing, int, ita, lac, lag, lai, lan, lat, lca, lif, lig, lin, lit, naf, nag, nat, nig, nil, nit, tag, tai, tal, tan, tgn, tic, tig, til, tin, tlc, tln, tng

Definitions for Afflicting

[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] deeply distressing; painful
[4] (tr) to cause suffering or unhappiness to; distress greatly

Words related to Afflicting

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

Words nearby Afflicting

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

Origin of Afflicting

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 Afflicting

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, afflictafflict, infect, inflict

Other words from Afflicting

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 Afflicting

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

Synonyms for Afflicting

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