EGAVE

afflicted

About 3.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb simple past and past participle of afflict
  2. adjective Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.
  3. adjective ↑ Inclusive language: words to use and avoid when writing about disability
  4. adjective ↑ “NHS Digital Service Manual: Inclusive language”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 12 July 2020 (last accessed), archived from the original on 28 June 2020

Similar words

stricken sick impaired ill unfit tormented tortured plagued bereaved troubled

Often followed by

with by the and in him person at me

Word family

the afflicted

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