affliction
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere. See afflict.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
affliction (plural afflictions)
- A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
- She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
Translations [edit]
a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony
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something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony
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French [edit]
Noun [edit]
affliction f (plural afflictions)
- (countable and uncountable) affliction