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affliction
noun
1 affliction
A state of great suffering and distress due to adversity.
Roget 830:
painfulness
etc.
adj.;
trouble,
care
etc.
(pain)
828;
trial;
affliction,
infliction;
blow,
stroke,
burden,
load,
curse;
bitter pill,
bitter draught;
waters of bitterness.
annoyance,
grievance,
nuisance,
vexation,
mortification,
sickener†;
bore,
bother,
pother,
hot water,
sea of troubles"
[Hamlet],
hornet's nest,
plague,
pest.
cancer,
ulcer,
sting,
thorn;
canker
etc.
(bane)
663;
scorpion
etc.
(evil doer)
913;
dagger
etc.
(arms)
727;
scourge
etc.
(instrument of punishment)
975;
carking care,
canker worm of care.
mishap,
misfortune
etc.
(adversity)
735;
desagrement [Fr.],
esclandre [Fr.],
rub.
source of irritation,
source of annoyance;
wound,
open sore;
sore subject,
skeleton in the closet;
thorn in the flesh,
thorn in one's side;
where the shoe pinches,
gall and wormwood.
sorry sight,
heavy news,
provocation;
affront
etc.
929;
head and front of one's offending"
[Othello].
infestation,
molestation;
malignity
etc.
(malevolence)
907.
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Roget 837:
dejection;
dejectedness
etc.
adj.;
depression,
prosternation†;
lowness of spirits,
depression of spirits;
weight on the spirits,
oppression on the spirits,
damp on the spirits;
low spirits,
bad spirits,
drooping spirits,
depressed spirits;
heart sinking;
heaviness of heart,
failure of heart.
heaviness
etc.
adj.;
infestivity†,
gloom;
weariness
etc.
841;
taedium vitae,
disgust of life;
mal du pays
etc.
(regret)
833;
anhedonia†.
melancholy;
sadness
etc.
adj.;
il penseroso [It],
melancholia,
dismals†,
blues,
lachrymals†,
mumps†,
dumps,
blue devils,
doldrums;
vapors,
megrims,
spleen,
horrors,
hypochondriasis [Med.],
pessimism;
la maladie sans maladie [Fr.];
despondency,
slough of Despond;
disconsolateness
etc.
adj.;
hope deferred,
blank despondency;
voiceless woe.
prostration of soul;
broken heart;
despair
etc.
859;
cave of despair,
cave of Trophonius demureness
etc.
adj.;
gravity,
solemnity;
long face,
grave face.
hypochondriac,
seek sorrow,
self-tormentor,
heautontimorumenos†,
malade imaginaire [Fr.],
medecin tant pis [Fr.];
croaker,
pessimist;
mope,
mopus†.
[Cause of dejection]
affliction
etc.
830;
sorry sight;
memento mori [Lat.];
damper,
wet blanket,
Job's comforter.
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Roget 735:
adversity,
evil
etc.
619;
failure
etc.
732;
bad luck,
ill luck,
evil luck,
adverse luck,
hard fortune,
hard hap,
hard luck,
hard lot;
frowns of fortune;
evil dispensation,
evil star,
evil genius†;
vicissitudes of life,
ups and downs of life,
broken fortunes;
hard case,
hard lines,
hard life;
sea of troubles;
peck of troubles;
hell upon earth;
slough of despond.
trouble,
hardship,
curse,
blight,
blast,
load,
pressure.
pressure of the times,
iron age,
evil day,
time out of joint;
hard times,
bad times,
sad times;
rainy day,
cloud,
dark cloud,
gathering clouds,
ill wind;
visitation,
infliction;
affliction
etc.
(painfulness)
830;
bitter pill;
care,
trial;
the sport of fortune.
mishap,
mischance,
misadventure,
misfortune;
disaster,
calamity,
catastrophe;
accident,
casualty,
cross,
reverse,
check,
contretemps,
rub;
backset†,
comedown,
setback [U.S.].
losing game;
falling
etc.
v.;
fall,
downfall;
ruination,
ruinousness;
undoing;
extremity;
ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162.
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Roget 828:
mental suffering,
pain,
dolor;
suffering,
sufferance;
ache,
smart
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
passion.
displeasure,
dissatisfaction,
discomfort,
discomposure,
disquiet;
malaise;
inquietude,
uneasiness,
vexation of spirit;
taking;
discontent
etc.
832.
dejection
etc.
837;
weariness
etc.
841;
anhedonia†.
annoyance,
irritation,
worry,
infliction,
visitation;
plague,
bore;
bother,
botheration;
stew,
vexation,
mortification,
chagrin,
esclandre [Fr.];
mauvais quart d'heur [Fr.].
care,
anxiety,
solicitude,
trouble,
trial,
ordeal,
fiery ordeal,
shock,
blow,
cark†,
dole,
fret,
burden,
load.
concern,
grief,
sorrow,
distress,
affliction,
woe,
bitterness,
heartache;
carking cares;
heavy heart,
aching heart,
bleeding heart,
broken heart;
heavy affliction,
gnawing grief.
unhappiness,
infelicity,
misery,
tribulation,
wretchedness,
desolation;
despair
etc.
859;
extremity,
prostration,
depth of misery.
nightmare,
ephialtes†,
incubus.
pang,
anguish,
agony;
torture,
torment;
purgatory
etc.
(hell)
982.
hell upon earth;
iron age,
reign of terror;
slough of despond
etc.
(adversity)
735;
peck of troubles;
ills that flesh is heir to"
etc.
(evil)
619
[Hamlet];
miseries of human life;
unkindest cut of all"
[Julius Caesar].
sufferer,
victim,
prey,
martyr,
object of compassion,
wretch,
shorn lamb.
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2 affliction
A condition of suffering or distress due to ill health.
3 affliction
A cause of great suffering and distress.
Dutch: crime, straf
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