AFFLICT Meaning of AFFLICT in English verbADVERB▪ badly , severelyPHRASES▪ be ~ed with▪He's badly ~ed with a skin disorder. Afflict is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ disease , ↑ illness , ↑ problem Oxford Collocations English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний . 2012