Synonyms of inflicting

inflicting

verb

present participle of inflict

as in imposing

to cause someone to accept or experience something unwanted

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

Related Words

• imposing
• creating
• forcing
• bringing
• inducing
• entailing
• generating
• thrusting
• producing
• invoking
• wishing
• effectuating
• making
• spawning
• bringing about
• prompting
• begetting
• bringing on
• resulting (in)
• foisting
• coercing
• palming
• passing off
• compelling
• palming off
• fobbing off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inflicting

Ferrari was charged with injuries to a police dog, recklessly endangering another person and inflicting injury to a domestic animal, the Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office said. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Hicks, 37, was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, felony assault by strangulation and misdemeanor simple assault, officials said. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

Hours later, as Davis slept inside an 11th-floor recording studio, a hotheaded Adamson returned and shot Davis once in the side of the head, inflicting a catastrophic and life-altering brain injury, according to court records. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

As the most consistently excellent side in rugby union history, the All Blacks usually repaid any reaction by inflicting a defeat. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

But the ferocity of the strikes do not compare to the early days of the war when Iran launched hundreds of rockets and drones on regional targets, including Israel, heavily disrupting livelihoods and inflicting damage on stable countries. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Though any one layer may be compromised, the collective security of the system relies on multiple layers to keep bad actors from inflicting harm. — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2026

Of course, this horrid wave of diarrhea-inflicting illness wasn’t dumped from the sky by a crown-sporting octogenarian president zooming around in a fighter jet. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026

He is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, records say. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026