Found 3 items, similar to afflict.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: afflict merundung
English → English (WordNet) Definition: afflict afflict v 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” [syn: smite] 3: cause bodily suffering to [syn: trouble, ail, pain]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Afflict Afflict \Af*flict"\, p. p. & a. [L. afflictus, p. p.] Afflicted. [Obs.] --Becon. [1913 Webster] Afflict \Af*flict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Afflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Afflicting.] [L. afflictus, p. p. of affigere to cast down, deject; ad + fligere to strike: cf. OF. aflit, afflict, p. p. Cf. Flagellate.] 1. To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.] “Reassembling our afflicted powers.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment. [1913 Webster] They did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. --Exod. i. 11. [1913 Webster] That which was the worst now least afflicts me. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To make low or humble. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Syn: To trouble; grieve; pain; distress; harass; torment; wound; hurt. [1913 Webster]