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Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.
Anne Bradstreet

Meaning of "affliction" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AFFLICTION

affliction  [əˈflɪkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFFLICTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Affliction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AFFLICTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of affliction in the English dictionary

The definition of affliction in the dictionary is a condition of great distress, pain, or suffering. Other definition of affliction is something responsible for physical or mental suffering, such as a disease, grief, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFFLICTION


addiction
əˈdɪkʃən
benediction
ˌbɛnɪˈdɪkʃən
confliction
kənˈflɪkʃən
constriction
kənˈstrɪkʃən
contradiction
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
conviction
kənˈvɪkʃən
crucifixion
ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən
depiction
dɪˈpɪkʃən
dereliction
ˌdɛrɪˈlɪkʃən
diction
ˈdɪkʃən
eviction
ɪˈvɪkʃən
fiction
ˈfɪkʃən
friction
ˈfrɪkʃən
infliction
ɪnˈflɪkʃən
interdiction
ˌɪntəˈdɪkʃən
jurisdiction
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃən
nonfiction
ˌnɒnˈfɪkʃən
prediction
prɪˈdɪkʃən
reliction
ˈrɛlɪkʃən
restriction
rɪˈstrɪkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFFLICTION

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFFLICTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of affliction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AFFLICTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «affliction» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of affliction

Translation of «affliction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFFLICTION

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

Translator English - Chinese

折磨人的事物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aflicción
570 millions of speakers

English

affliction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दु: ख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فتنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Колдовство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aflição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দু: খ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affliction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penderitaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leiden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

苦悩
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고통
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kasangsaran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khổ sở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துன்பத்துடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दु: ख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ızdırap
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disturbo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

utrapienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чаклунство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nenorocire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θλίψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ellende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åkomma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lidelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of affliction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFLICTION»

The term «affliction» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.453 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFLICTION» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «AFFLICTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word affliction.
1
Francis Atterbury
Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.
2
William Banting
I am fully persuaded that thousands of our fellow-men might profit equally by a similar course to mine; but, constitutions not being all alike, a different course of treatment may be advisable for the removal of so tormenting an affliction.
3
Max Beerbohm
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.
4
Alain de Botton
I am not a foodie, thank goodness. I will eat pretty much anything. A lot of my friends are getting incredibly fussy about food and I see it as a bit of an affliction.
5
Anne Bradstreet
Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.
6
Richard Cecil
God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction.
7
Barbara Deming
Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.
8
John Donne
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
9
Rahul Gandhi
We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of.
10
Washington Irving
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.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFLICTION»

Discover the use of affliction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to affliction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Affliction
Some zombies are raised.
Laurell K. Hamilton, 2013
2
Affliction
Soon his hunger for justice and self-respect become inseparable from a desperate violence. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Russell Banks, 1998
3
A Shining Affliction: A Story of Harm and Healing in ...
In the midst of her work with Ben, a severely disturbed five-year-old, Annie is hospitalized with her own breakdown and must finally uncover where her history of childhood terror overlaps with Ben's and learn how her work in the field of ...
Annie G. Rogers, 1996
4
Fictions of Affliction: Physical Disability in Victorian Culture
DIVReveals the cultural meanings and literary representations of disability in Victorian Britain /div
Martha Stoddard Holmes, 2009
5
Imperial Affliction: Eighteenth-century British Poets and ...
In these explorations, this book illustrates both an expanded view of eighteenth-century colonial liabilities and a new emphasis on postcolonial critique as a means of exploring the fissures always present in imperial ambition.
Thomas Simmons, 2010
6
Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Religion in Antebellum ...
Focusing on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline ...
Jennifer Graber, 2011
7
Affliction
We learn how to be patient and comfort others as God comforts us. This book will open your heart to the ways of God with his people. Edith Scaeffer brings light from biblical truth and shares her own experiences as well as those of others.
Edith Schaeffer, 1993
8
The Bread of Affliction: The Food Supply in the USSR During ...
This book tells how the Soviet Union fed itself after the invasion by the Germans during World War II. The author argues that central planning became much less important in feeding the population, and civilians were thereby forced to become ...
William Moskoff, 2002
9
The Fault in Our Stars
Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture TODAY Book Club pick TIME Magazine’s #1 Fiction Book of 2012 "The greatest romance story of this decade." —Entertainment Weekly -Millions of copies sold- #1 New York Times Bestseller #1 Wall Street ...
John Green, 2012
10
Patient in Affliction: Tips, Tears and Laughter for the ...
Sometime in our lives, most of us will help an aging, frail, or chronically or terminally ill person do the most basic, personal tasks of daily living.
Debbye Butler, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFLICTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term affliction is used in the context of the following news items.
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Studios plan new life for home of Detroit Stock Exchange
... River Pactolus, which is where King Midas — he of "the golden touch" fame — is said to have washed his hands to rid himself of his affliction. «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
2
The day I realised I just couldn't stop eating
She says in some ways being addicted to food is a worse affliction than being addicted to alcohol or drugs. “You can quit ice or alcohol, ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
3
Burkas a boon to British bandits: DiManno
It's a professional affliction; can't shut it off. Four of the culprits were found guilty on Friday and face length sentences in gaol. I'll get to the ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
4
Film shares tale of Pittsburgh man who turned disability into career
The film focuses on Shannon's degenerative condition, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, a childhood affliction of the hips. Even after more than a ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
5
A's lose to Mariners 2-1
The kidney stones are the latest affliction for the A's left fielder, who missed most of spring training while having elbow surgery, and who, after ... «Marin Independent Journal, Jul 15»
6
Penny Dreadful Season 2 Finale Sneak Peek: How Many Bodies …
She knows how much they've sacrificed at her behalf and how much danger they've been surrounded by as a result of her affliction, so if there ... «ScreenFad, Jul 15»
7
Liverpool FC Hairless XI: From Pepe Reina to Nicolas Anelka
... amongst the fanbase during his time at Anfield, but one thing that can't be debated was his shortage of hair, owing to his Alopecia affliction. «This Is Anfield, Jul 15»
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Support Groups, Clubs, and Services
Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-3487. Downstairs, west door. «SaukValley.com, Jul 15»
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Hamilton dad cycles home from Ottawa for son with...
The young boy is currently unaware of the severity his affliction, but the Sedmihradskys know that one day they will have to sit him down and ... «www.ottawacommunitynews.com/, Jul 15»
10
Detect Autism With A Simple Sniffing Test
The results showed that children without the affliction adjusted their sniffing patterns in up to 305 milliseconds after beginning to take in a scent, ... «Mirror Daily, Jul 15»

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