HOW TO PRONOUNCE
affliction
/əˈflɪkʃən/
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What does affliction mean?
noun
- A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈflɪkʃən/
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I can but admire to see the wonderful providence of God in preserving the heathen for further affliction to our poor country.
I take this to mean that the affliction which has fallen upon men comes not out of the ground, but from above.
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“Her affliction is demonstrative. She has been abusing me for the last twenty-four hours as if I were the vilest of the vile.”
I love that religion that makes it the duty of its disciples to visit the father less and the widow in their affliction.
The affliction was ascribed to the curse of a poor woman who, holding twins in her arms, approached the Countess for aid.