Thesaurus / affliction
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Arithmophobia may be an actual affliction, or maybe I made it up as a clinical-sounding excuse to explain my shortcomings.
IN THE WORLD OF ULTRALIGHT HIKING, EVERYTHING WEIGHS SOMETHINGJVERSTEEGHJULY 14, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIf you asked me today to list all the possible afflictions that could cause the demise of the game’s 19th-century pioneers, I could probably still rattle them off.
GONE GAMING!SEAN CULLIGANJUNE 9, 2021OZYHeat-related illness is a common affliction for those who fail to respect both the weather and their own bodily needs.
THE ULTIMATE ARCHES NATIONAL PARK TRAVEL GUIDESHAWNTÉ SALABERTAPRIL 22, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThese afflictions are known as some of the hardest mental illnesses to treat, and they have the highest mortality rates of all mental conditions.
HOW NATURE HELPED ME RECOVER FROM AN EATING DISORDERKATE SIBERMARCH 25, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINERegardless, Xie’s discoveries are crucial to understanding why some are born with such afflictions — and without them, the chances of creating preventative cures is slim.
BREAKTHROUGH SCIENTISTS YOU NEED TO KNOWNICK FOURIEZOSMARCH 11, 2021OZYYes, he’s a teen who comes with all the familiar afflictions of his gender and age, that misanthropic streak that makes him roll his eyes when I’m chitchatting with store clerks.
HERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE WEARING MASKS. AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO AVOID COVID-19.PETULA DVORAKMARCH 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe idea that a lack of certain trace elements causes common afflictions was established by nutritionists starting in the 19th century.
ONE MAN’S CRUSADE TO END A GLOBAL SCOURGE WITH BETTER SALTKATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThis affliction is rising in younger Americans, but it typically strikes adults older than 65.
THIS CHART SHOWS HOW FAR WE’VE COME IN FIGHTING CANCERELEANOR CUMMINSDECEMBER 3, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEFor the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSI have borne me up against affliction, till my o'ercharged bosom can contain no longer.
THE BATTLE OF HEXHAM;GEORGE COLMANWORDS RELATED TO AFFLICTION
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bad break
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- burden
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- contretemps
- crunch
- debacle
- disadvantage
- disappointment
- discomfort
- dole
- failure
- haplessness
- hard luck
- hardship
- harm
- inconvenience
- infelicity
- loss
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- mishap
- nuisance
- reverse
- rotten luck
- setback
- tough luck
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unfortunateness
- unluck
- unluckiness
- unpleasantness
- visitation
- worry
- affliction
- ailing
- ailment
- confinement
- debilitation
- debility
- decay
- decrepitude
- defect
- deficiency
- delicacy
- delicateness
- disease
- diseasedness
- disorder
- failing
- fault
- feebleness
- flimsiness
- flu
- fragileness
- fragility
- frailness
- frailty
- ill health
- imperfection
- indisposition
- insubstantiality
- malady
- malaise
- puniness
- shortcoming
- sickliness
- unhealth
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
- unsubstantiality
- unwellness
- vulnerability
- weakness
- adversity
- affliction
- agony
- anguish
- bemoaning
- blues
- burden
- calamity
- care
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- curse
- dejection
- deploring
- depression
- disaster
- distress
- dole
- drag
- gloom
- grief
- grieving
- hardship
- headache
- heartache
- heartbreak
- lamentation
- melancholy
- misadventure
- misery
- misfortune
- pain
- rain
- regret
- rue
- sadness
- sorrow
- tragedy
- trial
- tribulation
- trouble
- unhappiness
- wretchedness
- adversities
- afflictions
- agonies
- anguish
- bemoanings
- blues
- burdens
- calamities
- cares
- cataclysms
- catastrophes
- curses
- dejections
- deplorings
- depressions
- disasters
- distress
- doles
- drags
- gloom
- griefs
- grievings
- hardships
- headaches
- heartaches
- heartbreaks
- lamentations
- melancholies
- misadventures
- miseries
- misfortunes
- pains
- rains
- regrets
- rue
- sadness
- sorrows
- tragedies
- trials
- tribulations
- troubles
- unhappiness
- wretchedness
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