affliction

affliction
Synonyms and related words:
abnormality, acute disease, adverse circumstances, adversity, affection, aggravation, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, anguish, annoyance, atrophy, bacterial disease, bane, birth defect, bitter cup, bitter draft, bitter draught, bitter pill, blight, bugbear, bummer, burden, burden of care, calamity, calvary, cankerworm of care, cardiovascular disease, care, catastrophe, chronic disease, circulatory disease, complaint, complication, condition, congenital defect, cross, crown of thorns, crucible, crushing burden, curse, death, defect, deficiency disease, deformity, degenerative disease, destruction, difficulties, difficulty, disability, disaster, disease, disorder, distemper, distress, dole, downer, encumbrance, endemic, endemic disease, endocrine disease, epidemic disease, evil, functional disease, fungus disease, gall, gall and wormwood, gastrointestinal disease, genetic disease, grief, grievance, handicap, hard knocks, hard life, hard lot, hardcase, hardship, harm, heartache, heartbreak, hereditary disease, iatrogenic disease, illness, indisposition, infectious disease, infirmity, infliction, irritation, load, malady, malaise, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, morbidity, morbus, muscular disease, nemesis, neurological disease, nutritional disease, occupational disease, open wound, oppression, ordeal, organic disease, pack of troubles, pain, pandemic disease, pathological condition, pathology, peck of troubles, pest, pestilence, plague, plant disease, plight, predicament, pressure, protozoan disease, psychosomatic disease, regret, respiratory disease, rigor, rockiness, rue, running sore, scourge, sea of troubles, secondary disease, seediness, sickishness, sickness, signs, sorrow, stress, stress of life, suffering, symptomatology, symptomology, symptoms, syndrome, the pip, thorn, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, urogenital disease, vale of tears, vexation, vicissitude, virus disease, visitation, wasting disease, waters of bitterness, weight, woe, worm disease, wretchedness

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  • affliction — [ afliksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1050; bas lat. afflictio → affliger ♦ Littér. Peine profonde, abattement à la suite d un coup du sort, d un grave revers. ⇒ détresse, tristesse. Être plongé dans une profonde affliction. « De l accablement on monte à l… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Affliction — Af*flic tion, n. [F. affliction, L. afflictio, fr. affligere.] 1. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. [1913 Webster] To repay that money will be a biting… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • affliction — Affliction. s. f. v. Peine de corps ou d esprit. Sensible, extrême affliction. affliction corporelle. affliction d esprit. les afflictions que Dieu nous envoye. tomber en affliction. quelle affliction! recevoir les afflictions de la main de Dieu …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • affliction — AFFLICTION. s. fém. Déplaisir et abattement d esprit. Grande, extrême affliction. Affliction sensible. Cela lui causa une affliction mortelle. Les afflictions qu il plaît à Dieu de nous envoyer …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • affliction — [ə flik′shən] n. [ME affliccion < OFr affliction < L afflictio] 1. an afflicted condition; pain; suffering 2. anything causing pain or distress; calamity SYN. AFFLICTION implies pain, suffering, or distress imposed by illness, loss,… …   English World dictionary

  • Affliction — Título Aflicción (España) Días de furia (Hispanoamérica) Ficha técnica Dirección Paul Schrader Reparto Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

  • affliction — I noun adversity, agony, bereavement, burden, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, curse, destruction, deterioration, disability, disease, disorder, encumbrance, evil, hardship, illness, indisposition, infirmity, misadventure, mischance, misfortune,… …   Law dictionary

  • affliction — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. afliction (11c.), from L. afflictionem (nom. afflictio), noun of action from pp. stem of affligere (see AFFLICT (Cf. afflict)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • affliction — visitation, *trial, tribulation, cross Analogous words: adversity, *misfortune, mischance, mishap: *distress, suffering, misery, agony: anguish, *sorrow, grief, woe, heartbreak Antonyms: solace, consolation Contrasted words: relief, assuagement,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • affliction — [n] hurt condition; something that causes hurt adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, crux, depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, infirmity, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge,… …   New thesaurus

  • affliction — Affliction, Afflictus, huius afflictus, Afflictio, Vexatio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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