noun · countable / uncountable · rare

affliction

af·flic·tion

affliction · afflictions

боль, горе, печаль, страдание

Leiden, Behinderung

A state of pain, suffering, distress or agonyA state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.

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/əˈflɪk.ʃən/

» A feast to one is an affliction to another.

Одному — пир, другому — огорчение.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Leiden, Behinderung
страда́ниеstradánije, печа́льpečálʹ, огорче́ниеogorčénije
a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
(countable, uncountable)Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
a cause of great suffering and distress

Examples

8 sentences

A feast to one is an affliction to another.
ruОдному — пир, другому — огорчение. — salikh
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I'm not exempt from the afflictions we've been subjected to.
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That which is a feast to one is an affliction to another.
ruОдному — пир, другому — огорчение. — salikh
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Affliction is a poison for beauty.
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Their affliction is over.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony:

Origin

From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Lati

From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem (“pain, suffering, torment”), from Latin afflīctō (“to damage, harass, torment”), from ad- + flīctus, past participle of afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence af-). By surface analysis, afflict + -ion.

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