| Verb | 1. | afflict - cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents" | |
| 2. | afflict - cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" visit - assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly" blight, plague - cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" | |
| 3. | afflict - cause bodily suffering tohurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" disagree with - be note very well digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" recrudesce, break out, erupt - become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" | |