affliction

(ə-flĭk'shən)
n.

1. A condition of pain, suffering, or distress. See synonyms at trial.
2. A cause of pain, suffering, or distress. See synonyms at burden¹.

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noun

1. A state of physical or mental suffering: agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happy/unhappy.
2. The condition of being sick: disorder, illness, indisposition, infirmity, sickness. See health/sickness.
3. Something hard to bear physically or emotionally: burden, cross, trial, tribulation. See heavy/light, over/under.
4. A cause of suffering or harm: bane, curse, evil, ill, plague, scourge, woe. See help/harm/harmless.

n

Definition: hurt condition; something which causes hurt
Antonyms: aid, comfort, consolation, health, help, relief

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.

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IN BRIEF: Suffering, pain, trouble.

Paul had a serious affliction.

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Quotes:

"Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure." - John Tillotson

"No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction" - Demetrius Phalerens

"Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy." - Felicia D. Hemans

"To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare." - Benjamin Franklin

"As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue." - Sir Richard Burton

"Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites." - Christian Nevell Bovee

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For a list of words related to affliction, see:

• Afflictions and Conditions - affliction: painful or debilitating condition, esp. a chronic one
• Diagnostic Terminology - affliction: condition that causes pain and suffering

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lidelse, sorg, sygdom

Nederlands (Dutch)
(oorzaak van) pijn/ ziekte

Français (French)
n. - malheur, affliction, détresse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Elend, Leiden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θλίψη, λύπη, βάσανο, ταλαιπωρία, δεινό, συμφορά, αναπηρία, ασθένεια

Italiano (Italian)
afflizione, disgrazia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aflição (f), desgraça (f), tormento (m)

Русский (Russian)
несчастье, бедствие

Español (Spanish)
n. - pesar, aflicción, sufrimiento, achaque, enfermedad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sorg, smärta, sjukdom, nöd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
苦恼, 苦难, 痛苦

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 苦惱, 苦難, 痛苦

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 고생, 불행

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 苦悩, 悩みをもたらすもの, 悩みの種

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حزن, أسى, بلوى, مرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סבל, צרה, מכאוב‬

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