afflict

1. Cause great unhappiness for;
   Distress (synset 201801741)
   "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
   is a type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset - cause to lose one's composure
   subtypes:

   • aggrieve, grieve - cause to feel sorrow
   • tribulate - oppress or trouble greatly
   • strain, stress, try - test the limits of
2. Cause physical pain or suffering in (synset 200260813)
   "afflict with the plague"
   is a type of: damage - inflict damage upon
   subtypes:

   • visit - assail
   • blight, plague - cause to suffer a blight
   same as: smite

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