Staring in the smudged mirror, he was not certain if his affliction was loneliness or madness.
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Affliction
//əˈflɪk.ʃən//
Synonyms for "affliction" (181 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (54)
complaintcomplicationconditioncongenital defectcrosscrown of thornscruciblecrushing burdencursedeathdefectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegenerative diseasedestructiondifficultiesdifficultydisabilitydisasterdisease
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disorderdistemperdistressdoledownerencumbranceendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseaseevilfunctional diseasefungus diseasegallgall and wormwoodgastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasegriefgrievancehandicaphard knockshard lifehard lothardcasehardshipharmheartacheheartbreakhellhereditary diseaseiatrogenic diseaseillillness
Noun(1 words)
Related words (90)
indispositioninfectious diseaseinfirmityinflictionirritationloadmaladymalaisemischancemisfortunemishapmorbiditymorbusmuscular diseasenemesisneurological diseasenutritional diseaseoccupational diseaseopen woundoppression
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ordealorganic diseasepack of troublespainpandemic diseasepathological conditionpathologypeck of troublespersecutionpestpestilencepipplacidplagueplant diseaseplightpredicamentpressureprotozoan diseasepsychosomatic diseaserackregretrespiratory diseaseretributionrigorrockinessruerunning sorescourgesea of troublessecondary diseaseseedinesssickishnesssicknesssignsignssmartsorrowstressstress of lifesymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndromethe pipthorntormenttorturetrialtribulationtroubletroublesundoingurogenital diseasevale of tearsvexationvicissitudevirus diseasevisitationwasting diseasewaters of bitternessweightwoeworm diseasewretchedness
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θλῖψις noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Armenian
1 entries- վիշտ noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Bulgarian
3 entries- болка noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- измъчване noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- огорчение noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 痛苦 noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 痛苦 noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Czech
4 entries- neduh noun (something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- neštěstí noun (something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- potíž noun (something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- soužení noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Dutch
4 entries- aandoening noun (something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- kwelling noun (something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- lijden noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- pijn noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Esperanto
1 entries- aflikto noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Finnish
2 entries- kärsimys noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- tuska noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
French
3 entries- affliction noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- affliction noun (something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- détresse noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Galician
1 entries- anoto noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
German
2 entries- Behinderung noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- Leiden noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Irish
3 entries- angar noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- doilíos noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- galar noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Italian
2 entries- afflizione noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- afflizione noun (something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Ladino
2 entries- afriisyon noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- afrision noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Macedonian
4 entries- болка noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- мака noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- страдање noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- тешкотија noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Malay
1 entries- kepayahan noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Älent noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Polish
3 entries- afekcja noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- cierpienie noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- przypadłość noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Portuguese
1 entries- aflição noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Russian
4 entries- боль noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- го́ре noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- муче́ние noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- огорче́ние noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- patnja noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- trpljenje noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Spanish
2 entries- aflicción noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- quebranto noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Turkish
3 entries- dert noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- keder noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- ızdırap noun (a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
To go on from pain to pain mystery to mystery. From stone pain to plant pain. For everything is pain. The pain of battle the fear of not being. Links of pain chain the earth to the sky the waters to the land. And worlds gallop in orbits of affliction. Thinking of surprise.
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I'm glad it's not rainy today because it's easier to be cheerful and bear up under affliction on a sunshiny day.
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Unless the God of my father, Abraham, and the fear of Isaac had stood by me, peradventure now thou hadst sent me away naked: God beheld my affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.