Affliction
Affliction noun - A state of great suffering of body or mind.
Bad and affliction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bad" instead a noun "Affliction".
Bad
Bad noun - That which is morally unacceptable.
Affliction and bad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affliction" instead a noun "Bad".
Both words in one sentence
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Everyone thinks having worms is bad so the "affliction" is gotten rid of before anyone realizes it's a good thing.
Source: Cursed with Awesome - The "Andretti Curse" is the affliction of bad luck to the Andretti dynasty in the Indianapolis 500 since Mario Andretti won the race in 1969.
Source: Curse -
Wade Whitehouse, the main character from the 1997 film Affliction, suffers from a bad toothache throughout the story.
Source: The Tooth Hurts
Cite this Source
Bad and Affliction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affliction/bad
Affliction & Bad. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/affliction/bad>.
Bad or Affliction. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/affliction/bad.
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