What does afflicted mean?

afflicted means "grievously affected especially by disease". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in afflicted?

afflicted has 3 syllables: af-flic-ted. The stress falls on "flic". In IPA it is /əˈflɪktɪd/.

What is another word for afflicted?

Close synonyms include stricken, impaired. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is afflicted a common word?

afflicted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Afflicted — meaning, pronunciation and 2 senses

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
grievously affected especially by disease
Synonymsstricken
Similarill
2.
mentally or physically unfit
Synonymsimpaired
Similarunfit

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