affliction
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Synonyms for affliction
Synonyms
agony, anguish, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe
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More than the comforts of a tidy procedural, each episode offers a moving case study of a life derailed by an affliction that has doctors stumped. — Judy Berman, Time, "The Doctor Who Inspired House Navigates the Health Care Crisis in Netflix Docuseries Diagnosis," 15 Aug. 2019 Innumeracy usually afflicts people who are not good with numbers, but there is a subtler affliction that does not spare mathematically competent people and sometimes affects them even more virulently â overprecision. — Quanta Magazine, "How Can We Tell Which Forecasts Are True?," 13 Oct. 2016 Lai has engineered some to age prematurely or develop neurodegenerative afflictions that mimic diseases such as Alzheimerâs, Parkinsonâs, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrigâs disease), and Huntington. — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, "Chinaâs CRISPR push in animals promises better meat, novel therapies, and pig organs for people," 31 July 2019 Survivors of lightning strikes can experience cardiac arrest, severe burns, hearing loss and neurological afflictions that may lead to personality changes, mood swings and memory loss. — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, "Woman, 44, Struck and Killed by Lightning While Competing in Ultramarathon in Italy," 31 July 2019 An emerging school of public health researchers, citing data collected around the world, argue that chronic unemployment and poverty often stem from widespread mental health afflictions. — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee County wants to retool the way it helps people suffering from a mental health crisis. Consensus is lacking.," 24 July 2019 Afterward, some people on social media falsely claimed that Harris couldn't lay claim to the afflictions of African Americans. — Colby Itkowitz, Anchorage Daily News, "2020 Democrats rush to defend Kamala Harris against attacks on her blackness," 30 June 2019 Afterward, some people on social media falsely claimed that Harris couldnât lay claim to the afflictions of African Americans. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "2020 Democrats rush to defend Kamala Harris against attacks on her blackness," 30 June 2019 The Morinville Veterinary Clinic in Alberta, Canada, recently shared a message about a common affliction on its Facebook page to reassure worried pet parents. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "What Those Red Circles on Your Dogâs Stomach Really Are," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'affliction.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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