Synonyms for afflicted
af·flict·ed

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1. afflicted, strickenadjective

   grievously affected especially by disease

   Synonyms:
   struck, laid low(p), stricken, impaired, smitten

   Antonyms:
   fit, well

2. afflicted, impairedadjective

   mentally or physically unfit

   Synonyms:
   stricken, impaired

   Antonyms:
   fit, well

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1. List of paraphrases for "afflicted":

   affected, ill-fated, stricken, bereaved, plagued, hit, ravaged, disaster-hit, saddened

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1. Fred McNeill:

   There's no road map. There's no support for this, there's no protocol when you're afflicted with CTE. What it looks like and how to care for that person best.

2. Alan Jackson:

   He is liable for amisdemeanorif it can be established that he willfully exposed himself to a sexual partner while he was afflicted with HIV, in other words, it is a crime to intentionally place another person at risk of contracting your contagious disease.

3. Tia McNeill:

   There's no road map. There's no support for this, there's no protocol when you're afflicted with CTE -- what it looks like and how to care for that person best.

4. Don DeLillo:

   Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.

5. Simone Weil:

   The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact. When they move their lips no ear perceives any sound. And they themselves soon sink into impotence in the use of language, because of the certainty of not being heard.