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affliction

a cause of great suffering and distress

a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health

a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

Synonyms:

• abnormality,
• acute disease,
• adverse circumstances,
• adversity,
• affection,
• aggravation,
• ailment,
• allergic disease,
• allergy,
• anguish,
• annoyance,
• atrophy,
• bacterial disease,
• bane,
• birth defect,
• bitter cup,
• bitter draft,
• bitter draught,
• bitter pill,
• blight,
• bugbear,
• bummer,
• burden,
• burden of care,
• calamity,
• calvary,
• cankerworm of care,
• cardiovascular disease,
• care,
• catastrophe,
• chronic disease,
• circulatory disease,
• complaint,
• complication,
• condition,
• congenital defect,
• cross,
• crown of thorns,
• crucible,
• crushing burden,
• curse,
• death,
• defect,
• deficiency disease,
• deformity,
• degenerative disease,
• destruction,
• difficulties,
• difficulty,
• disability,
• disaster,
• disease,
• disorder,
• distemper,
• distress,
• dole,
• downer,
• encumbrance,
• endemic,
• endemic disease,
• endocrine disease,
• epidemic disease,
• evil,
• functional disease,
• fungus disease,
• gall,
• gall and wormwood,
• gastrointestinal disease,
• genetic disease,
• grief,
• grievance,
• handicap,
• hard knocks,
• hard life,
• hard lot,
• hardcase,
• hardship,
• harm,
• heartache,
• heartbreak,
• hereditary disease,
• iatrogenic disease,
• illness,
• indisposition,
• infectious disease,
• infirmity,
• infliction,
• irritation,
• load,
• malady,
• malaise,
• mischance,
• misery,
• misfortune,
• mishap,
• morbidity,
• morbus,
• muscular disease,
• nemesis,
• neurological disease,
• nutritional disease,
• occupational disease,
• open wound,
• oppression,
• ordeal,
• organic disease,
• pack of troubles,
• pain,
• pandemic disease,
• pathological condition,
• pathology,
• peck of troubles,
• pest,
• pestilence,
• plague,
• plant disease,
• plight,
• predicament,
• pressure,
• protozoan disease,
• psychosomatic disease,
• regret,
• respiratory disease,
• rigor,
• rockiness,
• rue,
• running sore,
• scourge,
• sea of troubles,
• secondary disease,
• seediness,
• sickishness,
• sickness,
• signs,
• sorrow,
• stress,
• stress of life,
• suffering,
• symptomatology,
• symptomology,
• symptoms,
• syndrome,
• the pip,
• thorn,
• torment,
• trial,
• tribulation,
• trouble,
• troubles,
• urogenital disease,
• vale of tears,
• vexation,
• vicissitude,
• virus disease,
• visitation,
• wasting disease,
• waters of bitterness,
• weight,
• woe,
• worm disease,
• wretchedness