verb
- to cause pain, suffering, or distress to someone or something
Examples
- The disease afflicted thousands of people in the region.
- Drought has afflicted the farming community for three years.
- She was afflicted with severe headaches after the accident.
- The country was afflicted by political turmoil.
- Arthritis afflicts many elderly patients.
- The family was afflicted by financial hardship.
- A rare genetic disorder afflicted the child from birth.