affliction

US: /əˈfɫɪkʃən/
UK: /ɐflˈɪkʃən/


English Vietnamese dictionary


affliction /ə'flikʃn/
  • danh từ
    • nỗi đau đớn, nỗi đau buồn, nỗi ưu phiền, nỗi khổ sở
    • tai ách, tai hoạ, hoạn nạn

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
[U, C] (formal) pain and suffering or sth that causes it

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
1 hardship, misery, misfortune, distress, ordeal, trial, tribulation, adversity, suffering, woe, pain, grief, distress, torment, wretchedness:
Moses saw the affliction of his people in Egypt.
2 curse, disease, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, plague, scourge, tribulation, trouble:
He often observed that greed was the affliction of the middle class.

Concise English dictionary


afflictions-kʃn
noun
+a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
+a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
+a cause of great suffering and distress