afflict

/əˈflɪkt/ verb [T] formal

Translation

› If an illness or problem afflicts you, it makes you suffer.

acı vermek, musallat olmak, üzmek, acı çekmek

[often passive] a country afflicted by civil war It is an illness that afflicts women more than men.9252094

affliction

/əˈflɪkʃən/ noun [C, U] › something that makes you suffer

acı, dert, sıkıntı, üzüntü, bela

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(Definition of afflict verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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