a
Find synonyms for any word:
afflict
'afflict' - used as a verb
1. cause great unhappiness for; distress
she was afflicted by the death of her parents
2. cause pain or suffering in
afflict with the plague
That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement
3. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

derived forms
1. Afflict / Past
afflicted
2. Afflict / Third Person
afflicts
3. Afflict / Present Participle
afflicting
Variations of 'afflict'
 
Expand your vocabulary
Writer's Resources
  • Commonly Misspelled words
  • UK or US English?
  • Homophones
  • Top 100 Misspelled
  • Power of the mind
  • English Spelling (Orthography)
  • Language Resources
  • Language Schools Index
  • Translators Index
  • Who Said that ?
    Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five. - Click here to find out.
    Fact of the day
    Platypuses mate in the water.