Synonyms of 'affliction' - Ask.com Search

affliction

affliction - noun

A state of physical or mental suffering: agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torment, torture, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happy.
The condition of being sick: disorder, illness, indisposition, infirmity, sickness. See health.
Something hard to bear physically or emotionally: burden, cross, trial, tribulation. See heavy. over.
A cause of suffering or harm: bane, curse, evil, ill, plague, scourge, woe. See help.