Afflicted
Afflicted adjective - Mentally or physically unfit.
Melancholy and afflicted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Melancholy" instead an adjective "Afflicted".
Melancholy
Melancholy adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Afflicted and melancholy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Afflicted" instead an adjective "Melancholy".
Nearby Words: melancholic, melancholia
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- down and afflicted
- down and melancholy
- woeful and afflicted
- woeful and melancholy
- downcast and afflicted
- downcast and melancholy
- dejected and afflicted
- dejected and melancholy
- depressed and afflicted
- depressed and melancholy
- sad and afflicted
- sad and melancholy
- unhappy and afflicted
- unhappy and melancholy
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Melancholy and Afflicted. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/afflicted/melancholy
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