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afflict

/əˈflɪkt/verb

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पीड़ित करना, कष्ट देना, सताना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T, often passive] ~ sb/sth formal

    to affect somebody or something in an unpleasant or harmful way

    पीड़ित करना, कष्ट देना, सताना

    • Drought has afflicted the region for three years.
    • Many elderly people are afflicted with arthritis.

    Synonyms trouble plague torment beset distress

adjective/əˈflɪktɪd/
  1. 1

    [not before noun] ~ by/with sth formal

    (afflicted) suffering from a disease or from a difficult or unpleasant situation

    (रोग या कष्ट से) पीड़ित, ग्रस्त

    • Volunteers took food to families afflicted by the floods.
    • a child afflicted with a rare illness

    Synonyms suffering troubled stricken affected beset

  2. 2

    [plural noun] formal

    (the afflicted) people who are suffering from a disease or a difficult situation

    पीड़ित लोग

    • Radhika spent her weekends caring for the sick and the afflicted.
◇Word family
affliction noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

trouble plague torment beset distress suffering troubled stricken affected

?Which word?

Do not confuse afflict (to cause pain or trouble) and inflict (to force something unpleasant on somebody, as in 'inflict damage on').

Afflict (कष्ट या पीड़ा पहुँचाना) और inflict (किसी पर कोई अप्रिय चीज़ थोपना, जैसे 'inflict damage on') में भ्रम न करें।

§Grammar and usage

Be afflicted with a disease or be afflicted by a disaster (not 'afflicted from').

Be afflicted with a disease या be afflicted by a disaster सही है ('afflicted from' गलत है)।