Synonyms and Antonyms of affliction
1
a state of great suffering of body or mind - She listened with deep affliction as her daughter told her about the trouble.
agony, anguish, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, strait(s), torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe
discomfort
cross, crucible, trial
heartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness
emergency, pinch
asperity, difficulty, hardship, rigor
ache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twinge
danger, jeopardy, trouble
2
deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved - felt such great affliction over the destruction of the beautiful old home
agony, distress, pain, suffering, torment
blues, dejection, depression, desolateness, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, distress, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, glumness, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, miserableness, misery, mopes, oppression, sorrowfulness, unhappiness, woefulness, wretchedness
contrition, guilt, regret, remorse, rue, self-reproach, shame
melancholia, self-pity
gaiety (also gayety), humor, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, mirthfulness
hopefulness, optimism, sunniness
enjoyment
content, contentedness, contentment
bliss, blissfulness, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, delight, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, gladness, gladsomeness, glee, gleefulness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, pleasure, rapture, rapturousness
3
a source of harm or misfortune - Drought has been the farmer's affliction.
hex, hoodoo, jinx
danger, hazard, menace, peril, risk, threat, trouble
booby trap, catch, pitfall, snag
advantage, aid, assistance, gift, help, relief, support
comfort, consolation, solace
delight, joy, pleasure
armor, defense, guard, protection, safeguard, safety, security, shield
4
a source of persistent emotional distress - She suffered from afflictions that her therapist had studied.
5
something that causes loss or pain - Loss of habitat is an affliction on wildlife.
disservice, injustice, outrage, wrong
affront, dart, indignity, insult, offense (or offence)
beating, crippling, mayhem, mutilation
defacement, disability, disablement, disfigurement, impairment
lesion
rupture, strain
abrasion, chafe, scrape, scratch
boo-boo, bruise, contusion, swelling, wound
bump, concussion
cut, gash, laceration
burn, scald, scar, scathe, sear
