affliction
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agonyA state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
» A feast to one is an affliction to another.
Одному — пир, другому — огорчение. — salikh
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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 sentencesA feast to one is an affliction to another.
ruОдному — пир, другому — огорчение. — salikh
I'm not exempt from the afflictions we've been subjected to.
That which is a feast to one is an affliction to another.
ruОдному — пир, другому — огорчение. — salikh
Affliction is a poison for beauty.
Their affliction is over.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from LatiFrom 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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: afflictions| Singular | affliction |
|---|---|
| Plural | afflictions |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.