afflicted
part of speech
adjective (afflicted); verb form (afflict, afflicts, afflicted, afflicting)
meaning for a pupil
1) Suffering from an illness, pain or trouble: «afflicted with a cough». tree →
2) Past form of «afflict»: to cause someone pain or trouble: «The village was afflicted by floods.» tree →
3) (formal) «The afflicted» means people who suffer. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history, health and Bible lessons «afflicted» describes people struck by disease, famine or disaster; the Bible speaks of comforting the afflicted. In news it is used for places hit by drought or war. Phrases: «afflicted with», «afflicted by», «comfort the afflicted».
examples
- The town was afflicted by a terrible drought. tree →
- He was afflicted with a bad cough all winter. tree →
- Nurses cared for the afflicted during the plague. tree →
- Many crops were afflicted by disease that year. tree →
- Jesus healed many who were afflicted, Christians believe. tree →
- The old dog was afflicted with stiff legs. tree →
- “I have nothing to give,” said the afflicted mother, “but I will go to the world's end for you!” tree →
note
Formal word; everyday words: «suffering from», «hit by». Noun: affliction (an illness or trouble). Do not confuse with «inflicted» (caused to someone else: «inflict pain»). Use «afflicted with/by».
In the corpora
- But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad.
- For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from his people.
- And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.
- And the afflicted people Thou dost save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest humble them.
- That the LORD hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of His people take refuge.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «afflicted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.