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. Ramesh Tawadkar:

   We will make them (LGBT youth) normal. We will have a center for them. Like Alcoholics Anonymous centers, we will have centers. We will train them and give them medicines too, as in the case of other target groups such as juvenile offenders, drug-afflicted youth, marginalized or migrant youth, geographically disadvantaged youth, a detailed survey would be carried out of the LGBT community so that their problems could be specifically addressed.

2. Bill Clinton:

   I’m afflicted with the responsibility gene. I did the right thing, i did everything that I was supposed to do.

3. The Pope:

   May the power of Christ, which brings freedom and service, be felt in so many hearts afflicted by war, persecution and slavery.

4. Charles Sumner:

   From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned. I insist that this shall cease. The country needs repose after all its trials it deserves repose. And repose can only be found in everlasting principles.

5. 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.