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Meaning of "afflicting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AFFLICTING

afflicting  [əˈflɪktɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFFLICTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Afflicting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AFFLICTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of afflicting in the English dictionary

The definition of afflicting in the dictionary is deeply distressing; painful.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFFLICTING


acting
ˈæktɪŋ
affecting
əˈfɛktɪŋ
collecting
kəˈlektɪŋ
conflicting
kənˈflɪktɪŋ
connecting
kəˈnɛktɪŋ
constricting
kənˈstrɪktɪŋ
distracting
dɪsˈtræktɪŋ
exacting
ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ
expecting
ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ
fast-acting
ˈfɑːstˌæktɪŋ
heat-conducting
ˈhiːtkənˌdʌktɪŋ
nonconflicting
ˌnɒnkənˈflɪktɪŋ
projecting
prəˈdʒɛktɪŋ
prospecting
prəˈspɛktɪŋ
quick-acting
ˈkwɪkˌæktɪŋ
redistricting
ˌriːˈdɪstrɪktɪŋ
respecting
rɪˈspɛktɪŋ
subcontracting
ˌsʌbkɒnˈtræktɪŋ
superconducting
ˌsuːpəkənˈdʌktɪŋ
unsuspecting
ˌʌnsəˈspɛktɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFFLICTING

affixture
afflated
afflation
afflatus
afflict
afflicted
afflicter
affliction
afflictive
afflictively
affluence
affluency
affluent
affluent society
affluential
affluently
affluentness
affluenza
afflux
affluxion

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFFLICTING

accounting
bioprospecting
double-acting
intermediate-acting
long-acting
method acting
nonconducting
noninteracting
nonintersecting
play-acting
refracting
self-acting
self-correcting
semiconducting
short-acting
single-acting
slow-acting
stamp collecting
straight-acting
tax-collecting
unreflecting

Synonyms and antonyms of afflicting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AFFLICTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «afflicting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of afflicting
ail · beset · burden · distress · grieve · harass · hurt · oppress · pain · plague · rack · smite · torment · trouble · try · wound

Translation of «afflicting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFFLICTING

Find out the translation of afflicting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of afflicting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «afflicting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

困扰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afligen
570 millions of speakers

English

afflicting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

afflicting
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإبتلاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

которыми страдает
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afligem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুড়ানিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affligeant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyerang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

leidet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

苦しめる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

괴롭히는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyiksa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm đau đớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உபத்திரவப்படுத்தும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पीडित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

afflicting
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

che affliggono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dotykających
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

якими страждає
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

care afectează
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλήττει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teister
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

afflicting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

afflicting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of afflicting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFLICTING»

The term «afflicting» is regularly used and occupies the 101.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFLICTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about afflicting

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2 QUOTES WITH «AFFLICTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word afflicting.
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Princess Diana
You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.
2
Christopher Love
Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFLICTING»

Discover the use of afflicting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to afflicting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Afflicting: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
2
Enchanted Calvinism: Labor Migration, Afflicting Spirits, ...
"Enchanted Calvinism"'s central proposition is that Ghanaian Presbyterian communities, both past and present, have become more enchanted--more attuned to spiritual explanations of and remedies for suffering--as they have become integrated ...
Adam Mohr, 2013
3
Afflicting the comfortable: journalism and politics in West ...
This tale of the looting of billions of dollars of West Virginias limited natural and financial resources for the modern equivalent of thirty pieces of silver should be required reading for political scientists, journalism students, and ...
Thomas F. Stafford, 2005
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The Ādi Granth, Or, the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs
By afflicting the saints (one's) lifetime is diminished. By afflicting the saints he does not escape from Yama. By afflicting the saints all happiness goes. By afflicting the saints he falls into hell. By afflicting the saints his mind becomes defiled.
‎1877
5
A New and Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of ...
If Mars be the afflicting planet in Aquaries, he begets putrefaction and inflammation of the blood, fwelling in the legs, obftruc- tions in the stomach, pleurify, or intermittent fever. If the Sun be the afflicting planet, and. in Aquaries, it occafions ...
Ebenezer Sibly, 1822
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How to be a vedic astrologer: This book is dedicated to ...
Results. of. Rahu,. Not. Afflicting. in. Dusthanas. Rahu when placed in the sixth house during its sub-period indicates undiagnosed diseases, intestinal problems, losses through theft and fire, problems in job/profession and inharmonious ...
Gautam Roy, 2014
7
Historical Letters on the First Charter of Massachusetts ...
She was indicted for covenanting with the devil six yvars before, and for afflicting Martha Sprague, Sept. 1, 1692. There seems to us nothing ppculiar in her rase, and yet the jurv brought her in guilty — contrary to their verdict in all the other ...
Abel Cushing, 1839
8
Sources of Tibetan Tradition
In general, sentient beings are subject to many congenital afflicting spirits, and so forth, and one enters [this vehicle] in order to remove them by means of divination and exorcism. Because they are subject to many diseases of fever and cold, ...
Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Matthew T. Kapstein, Gray Tuttle, 2013
9
Predicting Events with Astrology
The most serious health threat comes from an angular malefic afflicting both luminaries. The Sun is often quite afflicted when an illness strikes. In severe cases the Moon and ruler of the Ascendant might be under adverse aspects along with ...
Celeste Teal, 2009
10
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Nature of the Mind, the Universe, ...
१.५ ॥ vṛttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ ॥ 1.5 ॥ vṛttayaḥ = activities pañcatayyaḥ = five fold kliṣṭa = afflicting, troubling akliṣṭāḥ = non-afflicting, not troubling There are five kinds of activities, which are either afflicting or non- afflicting.
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFLICTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term afflicting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pope Francis lands in Ecuador on three-nation tour
... and inequality mostly afflicting indigenous populations. Francis, the first Jesuit pope, will give a Holy Mass to be broadcast in eight languages ... «Oneindia, Jul 15»
2
Blood Orange's New Song Is a Masterpiece
He uses the song to reflect on his heritage, his name (or Irish lineage, meaning, literally, “Servant”), and the current racial fears afflicting ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
3
Lionel Messi Critics Miss the Mark After Argentina Defeat
But those critics who have focused on the Barcelona man's woes are not seeing the real problems afflicting a national team whose displays still ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
4
Confederate flag stirs reactions with area residents
“Quietly seeking, but denied permission to be heard are the voices of reason which offer the love of Christ as the remedy for the angst afflicting ... «Gainesville Times, Jul 15»
5
Junk science = garbage policy
... to the Examiner's request for comment, is just one example of what Horton calls the "endemicity of bad research behavior" afflicting science. «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
6
Malawi at Fifty One: The education legacies of Malawi's Presidents …
However at the primary and secondary school levels, the problem of teacher morale, the most significant of the problems afflicting Malawi's ... «Nyasa Times, Jul 15»
7
LONDON MARKET PRE-OPEN: Futures Claw Back Ground As …
Rolls-Royce Holdings said it has slashed its guidance for 2016 due to problems afflicting its Civil Aerospace and Marine divisions. The FTSE ... «London South East, Jul 15»
8
Boys in green battling to secure their club futures
The struggles afflicting Ireland's international team at present are mirrored by the club status of some of the players as the summer transfer ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
9
Protecting children
Child abuse may be viewed as the canary in the coal mine, reflecting the many strains afflicting society as a whole. It is commonplace among ... «Rutland Herald, Jul 15»
10
Schaumburg girl's quinoa burger a winner in Michelle Obama's …
She focused her political energy on fighting obesity, a plague across America, disproportionately afflicting African Americans and Latinos. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»

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