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afflicting

US // (əˈflɪktɪŋ) //

痛苦的,使人痛苦的,使人痛苦的是,令人痛苦的

Related Words

annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事torture酷刑,拷问,折磨,酷刑问题bother困扰,麻烦,烦恼,烦扰wound伤口,外伤,创伤,伤oppress压迫,欺压,镇压,压迫别人beset困扰,困扰着,挨打,挨揍torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒burden负担,负荷,负重,负载plague霍乱,瘟疫,困扰,大灾rack机架,架,架子,架设crucify钉死,钉死在十字架上,钉在十字架上,钉住smite抨击,打击,捣毁,捣乱pester纠缠,纠缠不休,纠缠不清,缠扰pain疼痛,痛苦,疼痛感,疼distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰agonize苦恼,苦恼的是,苦恼的lacerate撕裂,撕裂伤,撕裂性,撕裂性的grieve伤心,哀伤,哀悼,伤心欲绝vex呧呧的try尝试,试试,试试吧,试图

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : deeply distressing; painful

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcause or become hurt
Forms: afflicted, afflicts
Synonyms
annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事beset困扰,困扰着,挨打,挨揍bother困扰,麻烦,烦恼,烦扰burden负担,负荷,负重,负载oppress压迫,欺压,镇压,压迫别人plague霍乱,瘟疫,困扰,大灾rack机架,架,架子,架设torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒torture酷刑,拷问,折磨,酷刑问题wound伤口,外伤,创伤,伤agonize苦恼,苦恼的是,苦恼的crucify钉死,钉死在十字架上,钉在十字架上,钉住distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰grieve伤心,哀伤,哀悼,伤心欲绝harass骚扰,扰乱,骚扰他人,骚扰别人harrow耙子,耙地,耰锄,耙平harry哈里,哈瑞,哈丽,海瑞irk刺激,埃尔克,刺激性lacerate撕裂,撕裂伤,撕裂性,撕裂性的martyr殉道者,烈士,殉道士,殉难者pain疼痛,痛苦,疼痛感,疼pester纠缠,纠缠不休,纠缠不清,缠扰press按压,按,按键,按语smite抨击,打击,捣毁,捣乱strike打击,击中,罢工,击中了trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难try尝试,试试,试试吧,试图vex呧呧的worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼

Examples

  • “This Vanderbilt person is a perfect example,” Beyer says of the “PTSD” afflicting so many in the transgender community.

  • Genetically modified crops have been touted as a solution to many of the woes afflicting agriculture.

  • Exit might give them a nice export boost, relieving some of the crippling unemployment currently afflicting Italian workers.

  • To be fair, the problems afflicting the Massachusetts GOP are far from unique.

  • First, it reflects the polarization afflicting the Republican party and its intolerance of dissent.

  • The situation à trois thenceforward became, for Tom, an acutely afflicting one.

  • It was all beyond him somehow, the reversal of rôles so afflicting, tears and laughter so oddly mingled.

  • It was more than distressing, it was afflicting—the letters tore an established reputation into a thousand pieces.

  • He as well as Brisset was called in consultation regarding a very serious malady afflicting Raphael de Valentin.

  • The fear of ceasing to exist, is it more afflicting than the thought of having not always been?

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