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to afflict
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to cause pain, suffering, or distress, often as a result of illness, injury, or hardship
Transitive: to afflict a person or region
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
afflict
3rd person singular
afflicts
Present participle
afflicting
Past simple
afflicted
Past participle
afflicted
Examples
Poverty afflicts many families in this neighborhood.
Lexical Tree
afflicted
affliction
afflictive
afflict
