Afflicted and Bad

Afflicted

Afflicted adjective - Mentally or physically unfit.

Bad and afflicted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Afflicted".

Nearby Words: affliction, afflictive, afflicting

Bad

Bad adjective - Temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body.
Usage example: I've been feeling bad all week with this cold

Afflicted and bad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflicted" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Both words in one sentence

  • Bad Liar Kaamelott: King Léodagan, afflicted with an extreme case of Brutal Honesty, is a bad liar the very rare times he tries it.
    Source: Bad Liar
  • Super OCD In stage one the afflicted becomes obsessed with numbers—five is good, while another number (four, in Artemis' case) is bad.
    Source: Super OCD
  • Healing Hands In the Wild Card world, this would make him an Ace - too bad that he is anti-joker and not afflicted by the Wild Card.
    Source: Healing Hands
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