Skip to content

- Robert Browning

📜
Academic Focus: Metric analysis / Historical dialect interpretation. Engaging with diverse historical English builds phonetic agility, linguistic empathy, and reading stamina valued in selective entry exams.

Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,

May gaze through these faint smokes curling whitely,

As thou pliest thy trade in this devil's-smithy--

Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?

...

Read full poem

verb

To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.

Know more
Back To Dictionary

Dictionary Entry

afflict

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/əˈflɪkt/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓

To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.

Year 10 Word List

This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 10 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.

Origin

Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.

Common Phrases

mankind afflict
Missing dictionary details are being fetched in the background.

Synonyms

troubleailpainsmite

Antonyms

No antonyms yet.

Related Words

tortureplaguedharmsuffer

Poetry examples for “afflict”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.