affliggere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- afflict verb To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
- ail verb To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
- grieve verb To feel deep sorrow, especially after a loss.
- pain noun An unpleasant physical sensation caused by injury or illness.
- pang noun A sudden, sharp burst of physical pain.
- plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
- torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
Senses
affliggere is used for these senses in English:
- afflict (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
- grieve (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- pain (transitive) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
- pang (transitive) To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
- plague (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
- plague (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
- torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
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.
ail — full definition
- verb To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
- verb To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.