Afflict 1100 Words You Need
Afflict 1100 Words You Need
/əˈflɪkt/ (verb)
If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it, cause distress, trouble, bother, affect, worry, upset, irritate, vex, distress, make someone suffer from something:
It is an illness which afflicts women more than men.
a country afflicted by civil war
Parts of Speech
- adj: afflictive
- adv: afflictively
- noun: afflicter
