AFFLICTION

n. 1 hardship, misery, misfortune, distress, ordeal, trial, tribulation, adversity, suffering, woe, pain, grief, distress, torment, wretchedness Moses saw the affliction of his people in Egypt 2 curse, disease, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, plague, scourge, tribulation, trouble He often observed that greed was the affliction of the middle class