Afflicted Common

Afflicted has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

simple past tense and past participle of afflict

"After years of battling chronic pain, she was finally relieved from being afflicted by such severe headaches."

Adjective

grievously affected especially by disease

"The village was left reeling after an outbreak of cholera afflicted nearly half its population."

afflicted stricken

mentally or physically unfit

"After years of battling chronic migraines, she felt too afflicted to attend the long ceremony."

afflicted impaired

Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.

"The old man sat quietly on his porch, afflicted by a chronic back injury that made it hard for him to stand up straight."