infliction

1. 1.

   the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

   Synonymsimposition

   Broaderenforcement

   Narrowerprotectionregimentationreimpositiontaxation

   tax

2. 2.

   an act causing pain or damage

   Broaderwrongdoing
3. 3.

   something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

   “washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer”

   “a bit of a bother”

   “he's not a friend, he's an infliction”

   Synonymsannoyancebotherbotherationpainpain in the neckpain in the ass

   Broadernegative stimulus

   Narrowernuisanceirritantplague

Other forms of infliction

plural

inflictions·

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 infliction

What does infliction mean?

infliction means "the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in infliction?

infliction has 3 syllables: in-flic-tion. The stress falls on "flic". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈflɪkʃən/.

What is another word for infliction?

Close synonyms include imposition, annoyance, bother, botheration, pain. 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 infliction a common word?

infliction is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 infliction?

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