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afflictionnoun a state of great suffering of body or mindshe listened with deep affliction as her daughter told her about the latest trouble she was in agony, anguish, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe discomfortcross, crucible, trialheartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappinessemergency, pinchasperity, difficulty, hardship, rigorache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twingedanger, jeopardy, trouble comfort, consolation, solacealleviation, assuagement, ease, reliefpeace, securitywell-being deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something lovedfelt such great affliction over the destruction of the beautiful old home anguish, dolefulness, dolor, grief, heartache, heartbreak, sorriness, sorrow, woe agony, distress, pain, suffering, tormentblue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolateness, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, distress, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, misery, mopes, oppression, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, woefulness, wretchednesscontrition, guilt, regret, remorse, rue, self-reproach, shamemelancholia, self-pity blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, delight, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, felicity, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, pleasure, rapture, rapturousness gaiety(also gayety), gayness, humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulnesshopefulness, optimism, sunninessenjoymentcontent, contentedness, contentment a source of harm or misfortunealcohol has been his affliction ever since he took his first drink at the age of 12 bane, curse, nemesis, scourge hex, hoodoo, jinxdanger, hazard, menace, peril, risk, threat, troublebooby trap, catch, pitfall, snag benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, good, manna, windfall advantage, aid, assistance, gift, help, relief, supportcomfort, consolation, solacedelight, joy, pleasurearmor, defense, guard, protection, safeguard, safety, security, shield a source of persistent emotional distresssuffered from afflictions that only a professional therapist could deal with demon(or daemon), hang-up, terror, torment bête noire, bogey(also bogie or bogy), bugaboo, bugbear, hobgoblin, ogre something that causes loss or paincronyism and corruption are afflictions on the body politic damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury disservice, injustice, outrage, wrongaffront, dart, indignity, insult, offense(or offence)beating, crippling, mayhem, mutilationdefacement, disability, disablement, disfigurement, impairmentlesionrupture, strainabrasion, chafe, scrape, scratchboo-boo, bruise, contusion, swelling, woundbump, concussioncut, gash, lacerationburn, scald, scar, scathe, sear healing, recoverycure, fix, remedy in the 14th century |