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Definitions: AFFLICTING |
AFFLICTINGAdjective1. Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv. Personal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Afflict |
Date "AFFLICTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pain | Distressing; afflicting, afflictive; joyless, cheerless, comfortless; dismal, disheartening; depressing, depressive; dreary, melancholy, grievous, piteous; woeful, rueful, mournful, deplorable, pitiable, lamentable; sad, affecting, touching, pathetic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AFFLICTING |
| English words defined with "AFFLICTING": Enzootic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AFFLICTING": Callous ♦ Occasional ♦ Zeal. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Pulmonary pneumocystosis, caused by the bacterium Pneumocystis carinii, is a lung infection often found afflicting humans who are immunocompromised due to AIDS, or the use of chemotherapy.Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The syndrome is rare, however, afflicting only about one person in 100,000. Usually Guillain-Barrè occurs a few days or weeks after the patient has had symptoms of a respiratory or gastrointestinal viral infection. (references) | |
Children | Brazil | Millions of children continue to suffer from the poverty afflicting their families, must work to survive, and fail to get an education. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OCCASIONAL, adj. Afflicting us with greater or less frequency. That, however, is not the sense in which the word is used in the phrase "occasional verses," which are verses written for an "occasion," such as an anniversary, a celebration or other event. True, they afflict us a little worse than other sorts of verse, but their name has no reference to irregular recurrence. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | In other respects the enemy are pursuing a course which threatens consequences most afflicting to humanity. |
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| "AFFLICTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AFFLICTING" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 100% | 35 | 58,339 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "AFFLICTING". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jaanai | N/A | Biblical | Afflicting |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Language | Translations for "AFFLICTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 折磨 (Afflict, Afflicted, Racked). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | quälend (agonizing, gnawing, grilling, harassingly, haunting, nagging, niggling, obsessing, painful, racking, tantalizing), betrübend (afflictive, saddening). (various references) | ||||||||||
Korean | 괴롭힘 (Annoying, Badgering, Distressing, Plaguing). (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | smeihagh (distressing), smaghtagh (authoritarian, castigatory, correction, disciplinarian, masterful, restraining, restrictive, subduer, tameable, victor), seaghnagh (afflictive, distressing, grieving, grievous, heart-breaking, sorrowful, troubled or troublesome person), lheittrimagh, douyragh, douyr (mournful, uncomfortable, unhappy). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | afflictingay dureros (aching, distressing, dolorous, grievous, grievously, heart-breaking, painful, sad, smart, sorrowful). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"AFFLICTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mafficking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AFFLICTING" (pronounced ufli"kting) |
| 7 | -f l i" k t i ng | conflicting, inflicting. |
| 5 | -i" k t i ng | addicting, constricting, contradicting, convicting, depicting, evicting, interdicting, predicting, restricting. |
| 4 | -k t i ng | abducting, acting, affecting, attracting, collecting, concocting, conducting, connecting, constructing, contacting, contracting, correcting, counteracting, deducting, defecting, deflecting, destructing, detecting, detracting, directing, disconnecting, disrespecting, dissecting, distracting, districting, effecting, electing, enacting, erecting, exacting, expecting, extracting, impacting, infecting, injecting, inspecting, instructing, interacting, intersecting, neglecting, objecting, obstructing, overreacting, perfecting, projecting, prospecting, protecting, reacting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstructing, redacting, redirecting, redistricting, reelecting, reflecting, rejecting, respecting, resurrecting, retracting, selecting, subcontracting, subjecting, subtracting, superconducting, suspecting, unsuspecting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, activating, adapting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, confiscating, confronting, congratulating, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, consulting, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contrasting, contributing, converting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, defaulting, defeating, deflating, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, disappointing, disconcerting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrupting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distributing, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, elaborating, elating, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, exacerbating, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, instigating, instituting, insulating, insulting, integrating, intercepting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, obliterating, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, reconstituting, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redecorating, redistributing, reevaluating, refitting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, restarting, restating, resting, resubmitting, resulting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-f-g-i-i-l-n-t" | |
-3 letters: afflict, caitiff, catling, failing, fatling, finical, fliting, inflict, intagli, lifting, tailing, talcing, tiffing. | |
-4 letters: acting, ailing, catlin, citing, facing, fating, fifing, filing, finial, italic, lacing, nilgai, tiffin, tiling, tincal. | |
-5 letters: acing, acini, actin, algin, align, antic, calif, cilia, clang, cliff, clift, cling, fagin, faint, ficin, final, fling, flint, giant, gliff, glint, icing, iliac, liang, licit, ligan, linac, linga, litai, tical. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-f-g-i-i-l-n-t" | |
+1 letter: facelifting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 46 46 4C 49 43 54 49 4E 47 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ..-. ..-. .-.. .. -.-. - .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000110 01000110 01001100 01001001 01000011 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A F F L I C T I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0046 0046 004C 0049 0043 0054 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35404046433754434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Derived from | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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