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How to pronounce “afflict”
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Pronunciation guide for afflict
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of afflict with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 6 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Maryn McKenna: What do we do when antibiotics don’t work any more? 17 minutes
the lifestyle diseases that afflict us in the West today.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
Example 1 of 6
How to pronounce afflict
Maryn McKenna: What do we do when antibiotics don’t work any more? 17 minutes

the lifestyle diseases that afflict us in the West today.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “afflict”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
- (obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.
- (obsolete) To make low or humble.
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