0 past simple and past participle of afflict
1 If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it:
Rather than masking the problems that afflicted her business, she paraded them in full view of her customers.
Concordance is determined by the proportion of the 10 twin pairs who are both afflicted.
In 1819, he called for the establishment of spaces exclusively devoted to the treatment of the mentally afflicted.
The psychological support offered to afflicted children and their families may be provided by social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists or liaison nurses.
But occasionally he is afflicted with a desire to help someone.
I would argue that the posthuman diva is afflicted with a terminal sexuality.
The fever with which she was afflicted represents the vices.
The e creation of special classes was suggested for the less afflicted children.
