afflicted

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈflɪktɪd/
Hyphenation: af‧flict‧ed

Verb

afflicted

simple past tense and past participle of afflict

Adjective

afflicted (comparative more afflicted, superlative most afflicted)

Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.

Usage notes

Many people advise against describing a disabled person as being afflicted by the condition that relates to their status as a disabled person and suggest describing a disabled person as having or experiencing that condition instead.[1][2]

Translations

suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability

Esperanto: afliktita
French: accablé (fr)
German: leidend (an ...)
Greek: κατάκοπος (el) (katákopos)
Spanish: aquejado (es), atribulado (es)

References

Inclusive language: words to use and avoid when writing about disability
(please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 12 July 2020, archived from the original on 2020-06-28

Scots

Verb

afflicted

past and past participle of afflict

Adjective

afflicted (comparative mair afflicted, superlative maist afflicted)

afflicted

References

Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

[1] Inclusive language: words to use and avoid when writing about disability

[2] (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 12 July 2020, archived from the original on 2020-06-28