Affliction
noun
A thing that causes pain or suffering.
His affliction with a rare disease made day-to-day activities difficult.
Often appears as...
- suffer affliction
- endure affliction
noun
Something that is causing one to suffer.
She's constantly battling various health afflictions.
Often appears as...
- health affliction
- common affliction
noun
An issue causing difficulty or inconvenience.
Poverty is a major affliction in developing countries.
Often appears as...
- major affliction
- personal affliction
noun
In the context of religion, it is an experience of serious hardship or difficulty which one undergoes to test or purify oneself.
They believed that their afflictions were divine tests of faith.
Often appears as...
- divine affliction
- spiritual affliction
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Religious
noun
A thing that causes pain or suffering.
His affliction with a rare disease made day-to-day activities difficult.
Often appears as...
- suffer affliction
- endure affliction
noun
Something that is causing one to suffer.
She's constantly battling various health afflictions.
Often appears as...
- health affliction
- common affliction
noun
An issue causing difficulty or inconvenience.
Poverty is a major affliction in developing countries.
Often appears as...
- major affliction
- personal affliction
noun
In the context of religion, it is an experience of serious hardship or difficulty which one undergoes to test or purify oneself.
They believed that their afflictions were divine tests of faith.
Often appears as...
- divine affliction
- spiritual affliction
Usage tips
Religious
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Used to describe situations with serious emotional impact, often associated with pity or sadness.
His mother's passing was an immense affliction.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Can refer to emotional pain, not just physical suffering or diseases.
Rejection was an affliction she carried silently.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-lasting Effect
Implies a condition that persists over time, rather than a brief episode.
The affliction of loneliness plagued him for years.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Used to describe situations with serious emotional impact, often associated with pity or sadness.
His mother's passing was an immense affliction.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Can refer to emotional pain, not just physical suffering or diseases.
Rejection was an affliction she carried silently.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-lasting Effect
Implies a condition that persists over time, rather than a brief episode.
The affliction of loneliness plagued him for years.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Used to describe situations with serious emotional impact, often associated with pity or sadness.
His mother's passing was an immense affliction.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
Can refer to emotional pain, not just physical suffering or diseases.
Rejection was an affliction she carried silently.
Pro Tip 3/3Long-lasting Effect
Implies a condition that persists over time, rather than a brief episode.
The affliction of loneliness plagued him for years.
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The Taino myth of the...
Four brothers wandered this celestial realm. They had no family other than each other— they didn’t even know who their parents were. One of the brothers, Deminan, looked different from the others. His skin was covered in painful scabs, and he wondered why he alone had been marked with this affliction.
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What causes seizures,...
and the only treatment was divine intervention. Today, we know the symptoms of miqtu by another name, and modern medicine has developed numerous treatments for those experiencing seizures. But these ancient afflictions still hold a surprising number of secrets.
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Why do we feel...
At first, nostalgia was considered a particularly Swiss affliction. Some doctors proposed that the constant sound of cowbells in the Alps caused trauma to the ear drums and brain. Commanders even forbade their soldiers from singing traditional Swiss songs
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A better way to talk...
I spent a lot of time alone in my room, checking my email, desperate to hear from the guy I loved. I decided that if my friends could not understand my grievous affliction, then I did not need their friendship. So I stopped hanging out with most of them.
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Murderous Minister PIPE...
window on his state of mind they're the closest that we can get to an insight into the world of Paris and his family over the years Katherine spots a change in tone Paris seems troubled as we approach the time of the girls afflictions a new theme
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Why some of us don't...
we cannot agree on a single identity. It's easy to see your multipotentiality as a limitation or an affliction that you need to overcome. But what I've learned through speaking with people and writing about these ideas on my website,
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Time Debt PIPE Linda...
that it's become an affliction the disease of our era so I got myself to a couple of debtors Anonymous meetings and I read everything I could that they offered in all of it rocked my world
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I got 99 problems......
If you don't feel better about yourself, maybe you should. Cliffside Park, New Jersey is my hometown. I have always loved the fact that my hood and my affliction share the same initials.
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Jimmy Carter: Why I...
of the women are cut that way before they reach maturity. This is a horrible affliction on all women that live in those countries. Another very serious thing is honor killings,
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What causes headaches? -...
In ancient Greece, headaches were considered powerful afflictions. Victims prayed for relief from Asclepius, the god of medicine. And if pain continued,
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The Taino myth of the...
Four brothers wandered this celestial realm. They had no family other than each other— they didn’t even know who their parents were. One of the brothers, Deminan, looked different from the others. His skin was covered in painful scabs, and he wondered why he alone had been marked with this affliction.
Video examples
What causes seizures,...
and the only treatment was divine intervention. Today, we know the symptoms of miqtu by another name, and modern medicine has developed numerous treatments for those experiencing seizures. But these ancient afflictions still hold a surprising number of secrets.
Video examples
Why do we feel...
At first, nostalgia was considered a particularly Swiss affliction. Some doctors proposed that the constant sound of cowbells in the Alps caused trauma to the ear drums and brain. Commanders even forbade their soldiers from singing traditional Swiss songs
Video examples
A better way to talk...
I spent a lot of time alone in my room, checking my email, desperate to hear from the guy I loved. I decided that if my friends could not understand my grievous affliction, then I did not need their friendship. So I stopped hanging out with most of them.
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Murderous Minister PIPE...
window on his state of mind they're the closest that we can get to an insight into the world of Paris and his family over the years Katherine spots a change in tone Paris seems troubled as we approach the time of the girls afflictions a new theme
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Why some of us don't...
we cannot agree on a single identity. It's easy to see your multipotentiality as a limitation or an affliction that you need to overcome. But what I've learned through speaking with people and writing about these ideas on my website,
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
that it's become an affliction the disease of our era so I got myself to a couple of debtors Anonymous meetings and I read everything I could that they offered in all of it rocked my world
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I got 99 problems......
If you don't feel better about yourself, maybe you should. Cliffside Park, New Jersey is my hometown. I have always loved the fact that my hood and my affliction share the same initials.
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Jimmy Carter: Why I...
of the women are cut that way before they reach maturity. This is a horrible affliction on all women that live in those countries. Another very serious thing is honor killings,
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What causes headaches? -...
In ancient Greece, headaches were considered powerful afflictions. Victims prayed for relief from Asclepius, the god of medicine. And if pain continued,
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Washington Irving
American Writer
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
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Saint Patrick
Scottish Saint
I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches.
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William E. Simon
American Public Servant
I sometimes think that the only person fit to inherit wealth is the person who doesn't need an inheritance - the person who would create his own fortune no matter what his start in life - and have come to view inherited wealth as an affliction.
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Miguel de Unamuno
Spanish Educator
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.
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Saint Ignatius
Spanish Saint
It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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Simone Weil
French Philosopher
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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Dash Mihok
American Actor
With Tourette's, there's this element of vulnerability and compassion and empathy that you innately possess because of the affliction.
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Bodhidharma
Indian Leader
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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H. G. Wells
English Author
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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William Arthur Ward
American Writer
Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.
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Washington Irving
American Writer
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
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Saint Patrick
Scottish Saint
I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches.
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William E. Simon
American Public Servant
I sometimes think that the only person fit to inherit wealth is the person who doesn't need an inheritance - the person who would create his own fortune no matter what his start in life - and have come to view inherited wealth as an affliction.
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Miguel de Unamuno
Spanish Educator
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.
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Saint Ignatius
Spanish Saint
It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.
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Simone Weil
French Philosopher
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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Dash Mihok
American Actor
With Tourette's, there's this element of vulnerability and compassion and empathy that you innately possess because of the affliction.
Quote examples
Bodhidharma
Indian Leader
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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H. G. Wells
English Author
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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William Arthur Ward
American Writer
Humanity either makes, or breeds, or tolerates all its afflictions.
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