"afflicted" in the verb sense
1. afflict
cause great unhappiness for distress
"she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
2. afflict, smite
cause physical pain or suffering in
"afflict with the plague"
"afflicted" in the adjective sense
1. afflicted, stricken
grievously affected especially by disease
2. afflicted, impaired
mentally or physically unfit
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