affliction | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine) a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health | |
Related terms: | ill_health deformity afflict | |
2. | [ noun ] a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity | |
Related terms: | adversity cross afflict | |
3. | [ noun ] a cause of great suffering and distress | |
Related terms: | trouble trial curse attack calvary bane afflict | |
Similar spelling: |
afflict AFL-CIO afflictive afflicted |