Noun: affliction u'flik-shun
- A state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
"The drought brought affliction to the farming community"
- A condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
"Chronic pain was his constant affliction"
- A cause of great suffering and distress
"Poverty was a constant affliction for the struggling family"
Derived forms: afflictions
Type of: adversity, hard knocks [informal], hardship, health problem, ill health, trouble, unhealthiness
Encyclopedia: Affliction