verb
definition
To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
definition
To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
definition
To make low or humble.
Examples of afflict in a Sentence
There are a variety of health issues that afflict English Bulldogs.
Impetigo is a skin infection that tends primarily to afflict children.
Acne can afflict any part of the skin but is usually concentrated on the face, neck, shoulders, arms, and back.
He attributes all the evils that afflict society to the pressure of competition, whereby the weaker are driven to the wall.
The Day of Atonement is the only fast provided in the Law; it is only on this occasion that (a) the Jews are required to " afflict their souls," (b) the High Priest enters the Holy of Holies, (c) the High Priest offers incense before the mercy seat and sprinkles it with blood, and (d) the scapegoat or Azazel is sent away into the wilderness, bearing upon him all the iniquities of the people.
The hills surrounding the city on all sides shelter it from the sandstorms which afflict some parts of New Mexico, and its pleasant climate, attractive mountain scenery and historical interest make it a favourite resort.
Others report that, feeling himself powerless to scatter the gathered clouds, and aware of his physical feebleness, he had had the moral courage to pass in the eyes of his family, which he did not wish to afflict, as the dupe of the efforts they employed to conceal the truth from him.
The Cyamidae afflict the giant whale by nibbling away its skin; the Chelura terebrans is destructive to submerged timber.
And with certain cutaneous diseases accompanied by constitutional disturbances which afflict cattle, the affection in the skin appears on the patches bearing white hairs, the other parts remaining apparently healthy.