Synonyms of inflicted

inflicted

verb

past tense of inflict

as in imposed

to cause someone to accept or experience something unwanted

The criminal inflicted a lifetime of distress on his unsuspecting victims.

Related Words

• imposed
• created
• forced
• brought
• induced
• entailed
• produced
• generated
• invoked
• wished
• thrust
• spawned
• brought about
• made
• prompted
• brought on
• resulted (in)
• effectuated
• foisted
• begot
• compelled
• coerced
• passed off
• palmed
• fobbed off
• palmed off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inflicted

At issue before the court was the question of whether cities and states may sue oil and gas producers for the damages inflicted by climate change. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

The brutality and inhumanity that white Americans inflicted on free and enslaved Black people drove them out. — Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Worse still, Shawn could not stop thinking about the violent punishment that would be inflicted should the stranger be caught. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

The leading hypothesis is that the whale calves are suffering infections from marine bacteria that can enter their bodies through injuries inflicted by kelp gulls, Uhart said. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Of the tens of thousands of casualties Russia suffers each month, up to 90% are inflicted by drones. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 28 Sep. 2026

The statements were positive but restrained, reflecting the pain inflicted by this saga. — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026

Others are inclined to rank evils according to the amount of savagery evident in the perpetrator, not to the damage inflicted on the world. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Both Republicans unloaded on Cooper's tenure as governor, with Trump blaming Cooper for a grisly North Carolina murder and accusing him of doing nothing to help the state after Hurricane Helene inflicted widespread damage in 2024. — Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026