Dictionary Entry
afflict
afflict is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strike or cast down; to overthrow. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
- 2transitive verb
To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.
- 3transitive verb
To make low or humble.
- 4participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective
Afflicted.
- 5verb
cause physical pain or suffering in
"afflict with the plague"
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- 6verb
cause great unhappiness for; distress
"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
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