AFFLICTED

afflicted, impaired

(adjective) mentally or physically unfit

afflicted, stricken

(adjective) grievously affected especially by disease

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

afflicted

simple past tense and past participle of afflict

Adjective

afflicted (comparative more afflicted, superlative most afflicted)

Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.

Usage notes

Many people advise against describing a disabled person as being afflicted by the condition that relates to their status as a disabled person and suggest describing a disabled person as having or experiencing that condition instead.

Source: Wiktionary

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AFFLICT

Af*flict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Afflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Afflicting.] Etym: [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.

2. To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment. They did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. Exod. i. 11. That which was the worst now least afflicts me. Milton.

3. To make low or humble. [Obs.] Spenser. Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an afflicted truth. Jer. Taylor.

Syn.

– To trouble; grieve; pain; distress; harass; torment; wound; hurt.

Af*flict", p. p. & a. Etym: [L. afflictus, p. p.]

Definition: Afflicted. [Obs.] Becon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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