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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
afflict .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective grievously affected especially by disease
- adjective mentally or physically unfit
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We like to use the word afflicted or, technical term, demonized.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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We like to use the word afflicted or, technical term, demonized.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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We like to use the word afflicted or, technical term, demonized.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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She looks so frail, so delicate, and surely she is also what we call afflicted, peculiar.
Ringfield A Novel 1897
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The Greek for "afflicted" is the same as before, and ought to be translated, "Whether we be in tribulation." which is effectual -- literally, "worketh effectually." in the enduring, &c. -- that is, in enabling you to endure "the same sufferings which we also suffer."
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The government reports that tourism has recovered, although independent surveys suggest that certain afflicted areas are still struggling to fill hotels.
Calendar 2005
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The waiting room of the truly afflicted is empty, save for them.
USATODAY.com - Cubs no longer have company in titleless misery 2005
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The government reports that tourism has recovered, although independent surveys suggest that certain afflicted areas are still struggling to fill hotels.
Calendar 2005
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Taking heart from this sign, a sign of safe passage, he remains in afflicted London and sets about writing reports.
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And in many parts of the word afflicted by the scourge of war, innocent people have not ceased being murdered, mutilated, or dragged or driven from their homes.
lweber5@scf.edu commented on the word afflicted
Online Dictionary. Afflicted with existence, each man endures like an animal.
October 7, 2010