Overview of verb afflict

The verb afflict has 2 senses

• afflict -- (cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents")


• afflict, smite -- (cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague")

Overview of adj afflicted

The adj afflicted has 2 senses

• afflicted, stricken -- (grievously affected especially by disease)


• afflicted, impaired -- (mentally or physically unfit)