verb
- causing pain, suffering, or distress to someone or something
Usage: present participle of ‘afflict’
Examples
- The disease has been afflicting thousands of people worldwide.
- Drought is afflicting the entire region this summer.
- She couldn’t ignore the guilt afflicting her conscience.
- The economic crisis is afflicting small businesses everywhere.
- Chronic pain has been afflicting him for years.
- The memories kept afflicting her with sadness.