English-Thai Dictionary

affliction

N ความเจ็บปวดรวดร้าว  ความทุกข์  suffering pain khwam-jeb-puad-ruaf-rao

 

affliction

N โรคภัยไข้เจ็บ  rok-pai-khai-jep

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AFFLICTION

n. 1. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
Some virtues are seen only in affliction.
2. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, calamity, adversity, persecution.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous. Psalm 34:19.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AFFLICTION

Af *flic "tion, n. Etym: [F. affliction, L. afflictio, fr. affligere.]

 

1. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc. ; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. To repay that money will be a biting affliction. Shak.

 

2. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief. Some virtues are seen only in affliction. Addison.

 

Syn. -- Calamity; sorrow; distress; grief; pain; adversity; misery; wretchedness; misfortune; trouble; hardship. -- Affliction, Sorrow, Grief, Distress. Affliction and sorrow are terms of wide and general application; grief and distress have reference to particular cases. Affliction is the stronger term. The suffering lies deeper in the soul, and usually arises from some powerful cause, such as the loss of what is most dear -- friends,health, etc. We do not speak of mere sickness or pain as "an affliction, " though one who suffers from either is said to be afflicted; but deprivations of every kind, such as deafness, blindness, loss of limbs, etc. , are called afflictions, showing that term applies particularly to prolonged sources of suffering. Sorrow and grief are much alike in meaning, but grief is the stronger term of the two, usually denoting poignant mental suffering for some definite cause, as, grief for the death of a dear friend; sorrow is more reflective, and is tinged with regret, as, the misconduct of a child is looked upon with sorrow. Grief is often violent and demonstrative; sorrow deep and brooding. Distress implies extreme suffering, either bodily or mental. In its higher stages, it denotes pain of a restless, agitating kind, and almost always supposes some struggle of mind or body. Affliction is allayed, grief subsides, sorrow is soothed, distress is mitigated.

 

AFFLICTIONLESS

AFFLICTIONLESS Af *flic "tion *less, a.

 

Defn: Free from affliction.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

affliction

af flic tion |əˈflikSHən əˈflɪkʃən | ▶noun something that causes pain or suffering: a crippling affliction of the nervous system. • pain or suffering: poor people in great affliction. • Astrology an instance of one celestial body afflicting another. ORIGIN Middle English (originally in the sense ‘infliction of pain or humiliation, ’ specifically ‘religious self-mortification ’): via Old French from Latin afflictio (n- ), from the verb affligere (see afflict ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

affliction

af |flic ¦tion |əˈflɪkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a cause of pain or harm: a crippling affliction of the nervous system. • [ mass noun ] the state of being in pain: poor people in great affliction. • Astrology an instance of one celestial body afflicting another. ORIGIN Middle English (originally in the sense ‘infliction of pain or humiliation ’, specifically ‘religious self-mortification ’): via Old French from Latin afflictio (n- ), from the verb affligere (see afflict ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

affliction

affliction noun 1 a common herb reputed to cure a variety of afflictions: disorder, disease, malady, complaint, ailment, illness, indisposition, handicap; scourge, plague, trouble. 2 he bore his affliction with great dignity: suffering, distress, pain, trouble, misery, wretchedness, hardship, misfortune, adversity, sorrow, torment, tribulation, woe.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

affliction

affliction noun 1 the herb is reputed to cure a variety of afflictions: disorder, disease, malady, complaint, ailment, illness, indisposition, scourge, plague, trouble, menace, evil, visitation. 2 he bore his affliction with great dignity: suffering, distress, pain, trouble, misery, wretchedness, hardship, misfortune, adversity, sorrow, torment, tribulation, woe, cross to bear, thorn in one's flesh /side; bane, trial, calamity, ordeal; (afflictions ) ills.

 

French Dictionary

affliction

affliction n. f. nom féminin littéraire Peine profonde. SYNONYME abattement . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec les noms suivants: • chagrin, tristesse; • consternation, grande douleur morale; • douleur, souffrance physique ou morale; • peine, douleur morale; • prostration, abattement causé par la douleur.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

affliction

af flic tion /əflɪ́kʃ (ə )n /名詞 複 ～s /-z /C U ｟かたく ｠(病気などによる心身の )苦痛, 悩み ;C その原因 .