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" (194 found)
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congenital defectcrosscrown of thornscruciblecrushing burdencursedeathdefectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegenerative diseasedestructiondifficultiesdifficultydisabilitydisasterdiseasedisorderdistemperdistress
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doledownerencumbranceendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseaseevilfunctional diseasefungus diseasegallgall and wormwoodgastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasegriefgrievancehandicaphard knockshard lifehard lothardcasehardshipharmheartacheheartbreakhellhereditary diseaseiatrogenic diseaseillnessindispositioninfectious diseaseinfirmityinfliction
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irritationloadmaladymalaisemischancemiserymisfortunemishapmorbiditymorbusmuscular diseasenemesisneurological diseasenutritional diseaseoccupational diseaseopen woundoppressionordealorganic diseasepack of troubles
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painpandemic diseasepathological conditionpathologypeck of troublespersecutionpestpestilencepipplacidplagueplant diseaseplightpredicamentpressureprotozoan diseasepsychosomatic diseaserackregretrespiratory diseaseretributionrigorrockinessruerunning sorescourgesea of troublessecondary diseaseseedinesssickishnesssicknesssignsignssmartsorrowstressstress of lifesufferingsymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndromethe pipthorntormenttrialtribulationtroubletroublesundoingurogenital diseasevale of tearsvexationvicissitudevirus diseasevisitationwasting diseasewaters of bitternessweightwoeworm diseasewretchedness
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6 entriesaffliction of povertychronic afflictiongrave afflictiongreat afflictionmoral afflictionserious affliction
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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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