afflicted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause great unhappiness for; distress
    afflict.
    • she was afflicted by the death of her parents
  2. verb cause physical pain or suffering in
    smite; afflict.
    • afflict with the plague
  3. adjective satellite grievously affected especially by disease
    stricken.
  4. adjective satellite mentally or physically unfit
    impaired.

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