afligir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- afflict verb To cause someone pain or suffering.
- ail verb To cause someone pain or trouble, often used when asking what is wrong with them.
- grieve verb To feel deep sorrow, especially after a loss.
- harm noun Physical injury or damage.
- plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
Senses
afligir is used for these senses in English:
- afflict (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
- ail (transitive) To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
- ail (intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
- grieve (transitive) To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
- harm To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
- plague (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
afflict — full definition
- verb To cause someone pain or suffering.
- verb (archaic) To knock down or defeat someone.
- verb (archaic) To humble someone.
ail — full definition
- verb To cause someone pain or trouble, often used when asking what is wrong with them.
- verb To feel unwell or be in pain.
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