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af·flic·tion
 affliction
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- pronunciation:
flIk
shn
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
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a condition of pain or suffering, or the cause of such a state.
She has a hard time walking because of her back affliction.I looked at my freckles as an affliction.- synonyms:
- distress, misery, suffering
- antonyms:
- blessing, comfort
- similar words:
- adversity, blow, burden, cross, discomfort, evil, hardship, harm, hurt, pain, sorrow, torment, trial, trouble, woe
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ache, ailment, blight, calamity, curse, disability, disaster, disease, disorder, horror, ill, illness, misery, ordeal, plague, tragedy |
The word affliction
contains the following parts:
af-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix af-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "f," such as fil 1 and fix. See ad-.
Example words:
flic
Latin
root
that means strike
Example words:
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
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The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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