affliction

Noun

Meaning

The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pain trouble distress grief sorrow hardship misery misfortune calamity adversity wretchedness crick calvary hydra bale
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Antonyms

thanksgiving commonwealth clover dominion deliverance bliss
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Hypernyms

trouble hardship adversity ill health hard knocks health problem

Hyponyms

calvary bane attack plague visitation nemesis

Phrases with the word

fire affliction pink affliction lead poisoning affliction genetic affliction

Examples

He who willingly accepts chastening by affliction is not dominated by evil thoughts against his will; whereas he who does not accept affliction is taken prisoner by evil thoughts, even though he resists them. Marcus Eremita

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. Max Beerbohm

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. Joseph Addison

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. Washington Irving

We benefit by affliction. Latin Proverb

Whom God favors, he tries with affliction. Hebrew Proverb

Close letter words and terms

afflicter afflicting afflictingly afflictionless afflictive afflictively