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. Finley Peter Dunne:

   Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th'ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th' foolish, comforts th' afflicted, afflicts th' comfortable, buries th' dead an' roasts thim aftherward.

2. 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.

3. Tryon Edwards:

   Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, "I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction".

4. Phillips Brooks:

   The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

5. Mayor Virg Bernero:

   It is beyond comprehension that this American hero lost his life on the streets of Lansing while collecting charitable contributions for children afflicted by muscular dystrophy.