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afflicting Definition


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afflict
verb
    afflicted, afflicting
    1. To cause someone physical or mental suffering.
      Thesaurus: distress, plague, beset, burden, grieve, smite, torment, hurt, wound, trouble, strike, harrow, pain.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin affligere, afflictum to cast down.

Info:
    A word sometimes confused with this one is inflict.


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