infliction
(noun) an act causing pain or damage
imposition, infliction
(noun) the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
(noun) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; “washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer”; “a bit of a bother”; “he’s not a friend, he’s an infliction”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
infliction (plural inflictions)
The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.
Source: Wiktionary
In*flic"tion, n. Etym: [L. inflictio: cf. F. infliction.]
1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.
2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. Rogers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 October 2024
(verb) create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; “sculpt a swan out of a block of ice”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
