verb
definition
To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
definition
To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
definition
To make low or humble.
adjective
definition
Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.
Examples of afflicted in a Sentence
He was afflicted with asthma, and his retirement was relieved only by the society of a few chosen friends.
I realize that it hurts to see their afflicted little child punished and made to do things against her will.
He was afflicted with the stone, and obliged to be particular as to what he drank.
The period as a whole had some anxious moments; emigration to the gold-fields and the strife which afflicted Wesleyan Methodism brought loss and confusion between 1853 and 1860.
Thus, for example, the numerous psalms in which the poets, though speaking perhaps, not as individuals but as members of a class, describe themselves as poor and afflicted at the hands of certain ungodly men, who appear to be Jews, can hardly have been originally collected by the Temple choirs.
Besides these public establishments for the custody of lunatics, there are in the vicinity of Dublin various private asylums. The principal institution for blind men (and also those afflicted by gout) is Simpson's hospital (1780), founded by a merchant of Dublin; while blind women are maintained at the Molyneux asylum (1815).
During the long time of oppression and injury which followed the ejectment, Baxter was sadly afflicted in body.
I believed, therefore I said, " I am greatly afflicted.
Besides, they said Helen's wonderful deliverance might be a boon to other afflicted children.
He wrote inconsiderately on the subject, but we must remember that he was at the time afflicted in body and mentally haunted by dread of impending change.
Frederick, however, who was in Italy, harassed and afflicted, could do little to assert the imperial authority, and his enemy, Pope Innocent IV., bestowed the two duchies upon Hermann VI., margrave of Baden, whose wife, Gertrude, was a niece of the last of the Babenbergs.
He was a man of brutal and worthless character; but although Gibbon's statement that he was "just, humane and even partial towards the afflicted Christians" may be exaggerated, it is probable that he never exhibited any special hostility towards them.
Before the adoption of the Federal constitution Rhode Island was badly afflicted with the paper money heresy.
Though thus afflicted he never ceased his literary activity, dictating his tract On the Purity of the Church, and revising the sheets of a translation of Origen which was passing through the Froben press.
The singing of this is followed by bidding prayers for the peace and unity of the church, for the pope, the clergy, all ranks and conditions of men, the sovereign, for catechumens, the sick and afflicted, heretics and schismatics, Jews and heathen.
This great ruler, who had to fight, year after year, against foreign and domestic foes, could, nevertheless, always find time to promote the internal prosperity of his much afflicted country.
The Frankish king was the boy Baldwin IV., who had paid for the errors of his fathers by being afflicted with leprosy.
During the decade 1891-1901 Bengal was fortunate in escaping to a great extent the two calamities of famine and plague which afflicted central and western India.
Tips from others who have been similarly afflicted would be welcome.
When Pandora opened the box all the misfortunes that have since afflicted mankind flew out.
He suffers, is despised, rejected, chastened and afflicted that others may be blessed and be at peace through his chastisement.
A law enacted in 1909 forbids a marriage in which either of the parties is a common drunkard, habitual criminal, epileptic, imbecile, feeble-minded person, idiot or insane person, a person who has been afflicted with hereditary insanity, a person who is afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis in its advanced stages, or a person who is afflicted with any contagious venereal disease, unless the woman is at least forty-five years of age.
At least 2.5 million Americans are thought to be afflicted with schizophrenia, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 new cases every year.
An example of a delusion is the belief that the afflicted person is under the control of a sinister force located in the sewer system that dictates his every move and thought.
The longer the symptoms last, the less well afflicted individuals respond to treatment.
Children afflicted with schizophrenia have a poorer prognosis than that of adults.
Very few children afflicted with this syndrome survive beyond the first year.
Hoarding is a disorder that causes the afflicted to collect and store mass amounts of possessions, regardless of the functionality of the item or safety of the individual.
More than this hardly lies in the expression "a divine spirit" (a'r5K min), which is used not only of the prophetic afflatus but of the evil frenzy that afflicted Saul's later days.
Henry at once issued a proclamation and charter promising the redress of all the grievances with which his brother had afflicted his feudal tenants, the clergy and the whole nation.
Of his rulers, Mercury is seriously afflicted in the 4th.
The diagnosis may produce a psychological catharsis which may benefit the afflicted in relation to the real fear of witchcraft.
The Holy Spirit, the great comforter, apply these truths to the hearts of the afflicted.
When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions.
Is Seismosaurus ' s tail kink a feature of that genus, or simply damage that afflicted the only known specimen?
The key features of many descriptions include the paralysis and subsequent liquefaction of the afflicted larvae.
The Lord has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.
Archive for August 27th, 2006 27th August 2006, Sunday The sorrows of sycamore The sycamore leaf above is twice afflicted.
On one occasion, for instance, Heraclea was afflicted with famine, and the Pythian priestess at Delphi, bribed by Heraclides, assured his inquiring townsmen that the dearth would be stayed if they granted a golden crown to that philosopher.
Kwang-Chow-Wan however, is bound to providefor destitute children (see FOUNDLING HOSPITALS) Total in As and pauper lunatics (both these being under the care of the department), aged In Africa and the mdi Algeria and infirm people without resources and Algerian Sahara victims of incurable illness, and to furnish Tunisia medical assistance gratuitously to those West Africa without resources who are afflicted with Senegal..
Whereas in 1881 there were 104,067 (16.29 per I 000) peasants afflicted by the disease, in 1899 there were only 72,603 (10.30 per 1000) peasants, with a maximum of 39,882 (34.32 per 1000) peasants in Venetia.
Practically every winegrowing country has been afflicted with this disease at one time or another.
I no longer wished to contend with all that excess of anxiety which had always afflicted me, prior to any sportive competition.
Archive for August 27th, 2006 27th August 2006, Sunday The sorrows of Sycamore The sycamore leaf above is twice afflicted.
Although less than two dozen cats were actually reported as being afflicted with a B1 deficiency, it is impossible to tell how many felines were displaying latent symptoms of the condition, symptoms that went unnoticed by their owners.
Dogs afflicted with this illness do not always show each symptom, depending on the severity of the infection, and they may behave normally otherwise.
With care, dogs afflicted with kennel cough recover quickly and easily, and they return to being the active, energetic pets their owners enjoy.
Afflicted children die in infancy or suffer damage to their central nervous systems that can result in physical and mental retardation.
The mild to moderate depression of dysthymic disorder may rise and fall in intensity, and those afflicted with the disorder may experience some periods of normal, non-depressed mood of up to two months in length.
There appears to be no racial or ethnic component to pituitary dwarfism, but males seem to be afflicted more than females.