Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - afflict
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(afflicts, afflicting, afflicted) If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer. (FORMAL) Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades... There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments... = affect VERB: be V-ed by/with n, V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~us, past participle of affligere to cast down, from ad- + fligere to strike — more at profligate Date: 14th century 1. obsolete a. humble b. overthrow 2. a. to distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering or anguish ~ed with arthritis b. trouble, injure Synonyms: ~, try, torment, torture, rack mean to inflict on a person something that is hard to bear. ~ is a general term and applies to the causing of pain or suffering or of acute annoyance, embarrassment, or any distress ills that ~ the elderly. try suggests imposing something that strains the powers of endurance or of self-control children often try their parents' patience. torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance a horse tormented by flies. torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering tortured by a sense of guilt. rack stresses straining or wrenching a body racked by pain. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. огорчать, беспокоить; сокрушать; приводить в отчаяние to afflict smb. with complaints —- донимать кого-л жалобами 2. поражать (о болезни) to be afflict with lameness —- хромать to be afflicted with a sense of inferiority —- страдать комплексом неполноцености ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. огорчать; причинять боль, страдание; беспокоить, тревожить to be afflicted with the gout - страдать подагрой Syn: see hurt ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., "to cast down," from O.Fr. afflicter, from L. afflictus, pp. of affligere "to dash down, overthrow," from ad- "to" + fligere "to strike." Less intense meaning of "trouble, distress," is first recorded 1535. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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