infliction

infliction is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.
2. noun. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.
3. noun. an act causing pain or damage
4. noun. the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

   Synonyms: imposition

5. 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"

   Synonyms: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain

Synonyms

imposition, annoyance, bother, botheration, pain

Common word forms

inflictions

Words from these letters

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