afflict (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 37
def cause great unhappiness for
def distress
examples she was afflicted by the death of her parents
Frame - 10 Something ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Hypernym upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
Derivationally related form afflict → afflictive; afflict → affliction; afflict → affliction
Hyponym grieve, aggrieve; tribulate; try, strain, stress
Incoming links
Derivationally related form afflictive → afflict; affliction → afflict; affliction → afflict
Hyponym upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
Hypernym grieve, aggrieve; tribulate; try, strain, stress

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