kwellen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- afflict verb To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
- exercise noun Physical activity done to improve fitness or health.
- harass verb To repeatedly trouble, pester, or intimidate someone, especially in a way that is unwanted or illegal.
- hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
- offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
- plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
- torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
- vex verb To annoy or irritate someone.
Senses
kwellen is used for these senses in English:
- afflict (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
- exercise (now, often, in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
- harass To put excessive burdens upon (someone); to subject (someone) to anxieties.
- hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
- offend (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
- plague (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
- torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
- vex (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
afflict — full definition
- verb To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
- verb To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
- verb To make low or humble.
exercise — full definition
- noun Physical activity done to improve fitness or health.
- noun A task or activity designed to build or practice a skill.
- verb To do physical activity to stay fit or healthy.
- verb To use a right, power, or option.