affliction

Pronunciation: /əˈflɪk.ʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
  2. noun a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
  3. noun a cause of great suffering and distress

Etymology

From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem, from affligere, whence English afflict.

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
adversity
Narrower (hyponyms)
cross

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