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Synonyms:
- calamity, wo, damage, distress, harm, crick, mourning, price, crucifixion, epidemic, necessity, hard luck, persecution, indisposition, sickness, adversity, payment, gripe, stitch, heartache, infection, correction, bruise, painfulness, trouble, discipline, poison, sentence, ache, chastisement, disease, hard times, inflammation, chore, condition, execution, pain, burn, care, heavy, evil, rack, throe, struggle, sore, spasm, wound, misfortune, injury, hang-up, torture, hurt, incarceration, poorness, contretemps, detriment, tribulation, help, smarting, peril, chafing, doom, bad luck, visitation, health, mishap, difficulty, misery, regret, infirmity, over, bite, confinement, forfeiture, cancer, heartbreak, suffering, sorriness, trial, castigation, cross to bear, dolor, travail, ill, woe, scourge, back-ache, catastrophe, earache, contagion, verdict, imprisonment, fine, malaise, irritation, sting, unhappiness, pang, dolefulness, tsoris, ailment, headache, disorder, retribution, misadventure, happy, wrench, destitution, tragedy, hardship, rainy day, strait, melancholy, infliction, mare, burden, excruciation, the impossible, penalty, terror, migraine, grief, discomfort, wretchedness, throb, poverty, sorrow, plight, bane, disaster, complaint, curse, sadness, task, casualty, reprisal, illness, the elephant in the room, ordeal, nemesis, torment, stab, judgment, blight, plague, agony, cramp, a tall order, anguish, punishment, revenge, cross
Examples:
- - And the only way to understand how a friend has taken affliction is to go- if it may be done without intrusion- and let him tell you, if he likes. - "Springhaven A Tale of the Great War", R. D. Blackmore
- - But, Mazie, dear, he's so sensitive, and he feels his affliction keenly, and- Oh, yes, that's right- stand up for him! - "Dawn", Eleanor H. Porter
- - With the excuse that business was too pressing to take time to do so, he asked the lady to explain her affliction. - "Twenty Years of Hus'ling", J. P. Johnston
Antonyms:
- content, boon, manna, alleviation, ecstasy, delight, happiness, support, gift, contentment, optimism, gladsomeness, jollity, armor, consolation, felicity, cure, cheerfulness, glee, elation, exuberance, ease, gaiety, rapture, fix, guard, exhilaration, security, joyfulness, help, aid, peace, godsend, healing, jubilation, sunniness, good, protection, hopefulness, assuagement, joy, safety, joviality, advantage, blissfulness, euphoria, joyousness, pleasure, contentedness, mirth, remedy, gleefulness, merriment, mirthfulness, well-being, shield, cheer, windfall, gladness, comfort, safeguard, enjoyment, relief, blessing, rapturousness, benefit, blessedness, lightheartedness, elatedness, solace, defense, gayness, assistance, merrymaking, recovery, bliss, humor, cheeriness, exultation
