- affliction
- n1. adversity, hurt, harm, ruin, ruination, desolation; misery, wretchedness, agony, torture, torment, distress, suffering, Archaic. bale; woe, grief, dolor, sorrow, sadness, anguish, anxiety, unhappiness, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart; trouble, hardship, sea of troubles, storm and stress; misfortune, infelicity, ill or bad luck, ill or bad fortune, ambsace, evil eye, evil wind, dark cloud or star, storm clouds; trial, tribulation, burden, weight, load, heavy load or burden.2. mishap, mischance, miscarriage, misadventure, Scot, and North Eng. mishanter, glitch, casualty, accident; shock, blow, heavy or nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad or ill luck or fortune; reverse, reversal, setback, comedown, bringdown, bitter pill; disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.