Afflict and Try

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Afflict

Afflict verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

Usage example: he's been afflicted by nightmares ever since the accident

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Try and afflict are semantically related. in torment topic. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Afflict", when it comes to topics like cause or become hurt.

Nearby Words: affliction, afflictive, afflicting

Try

Try verb - Test the limits of.

Usage example: You are trying my patience!

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Synonyms for Try

Antonyms for Try

Afflict and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflict" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

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Common collocations

humanity	afflict humanity	try humanity
people	afflict people	try people
characters	afflict characters	try characters
world	afflict world	try world
Other words: everyone.

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