What is another word for Inflicted?

Pronunciation: [ɪnflˈɪktɪd] (IPA)

Inflicted is a term commonly used in a negative context, typically referring to harm, pain, or suffering that is intentionally or unintentionally caused. If you are looking for alternative words to use instead of 'inflicted' there are several synonyms that can be used to convey the same meaning. Some of them include imposed, caused, afflicted, imposed, enforced, enforced, burdened, and subjected. All of these words can be used to describe a similar situation to 'inflicted,' such as pain, harm, or suffering that has been brought upon someone by an outside force or circumstance.

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Usage examples for Inflicted

There is often so direct a connection between sin and suffering that the most hardened and insensible do not dream of denying that their pain and misery are self-Inflicted.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
He has forgotten to tell the court how he came by that scar above his temple,-yet he makes the statement that he himself Inflicted such a wound on the head of Richard Kildene-the omission is remarkable in so clever an actor.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
The wind, which came persistently from the west-now strong, now feeble, but always sharp-Inflicted a pain to which we never became accustomed.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook

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