[verb] [T] - to make (someone or something) suffer physically or mentallyIt is a disease which mainly afflicts individuals between 30 and 50 years of age.He is afflicted with severe rheumatism.These are a few of the problems which can afflict the elderly. [T]
AFFLICT
Meaning of AFFLICT in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012