inflict

Other forms of inflict

past tense

inflicted·

present participle

inflicting·

third person

inflicts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inflict

What does inflict mean?

inflict means "impose something unpleasant".

How many syllables are in inflict?

inflict has 2 syllables: in-flict. The stress falls on "flict". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈflɪkt/.

What is another word for inflict?

Close synonyms include bring down, visit, impose. 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 inflict a common word?

inflict 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.

What rhymes with inflict?

1 word rhymes with inflict. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.