Affliction
Affliction noun - A source of persistent emotional distress.
Usage example: suffered from afflictions that only a professional therapist could deal with
Terror and affliction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Terror" instead a noun "Affliction".
Terror
Terror noun - A source of persistent emotional distress.
Usage example: after the death of her father, fear of developing cancer became one of the terrors of her life
Affliction and terror are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affliction" instead a noun "Terror".
How words are described
| actual | actual affliction | actual terror |
| terrible | terrible affliction | terrible terror |
| moral | moral affliction | moral terror |
| supernatural | supernatural affliction | supernatural terror |
| Other adjectives: mock, psychological, additional, unknown. | ||
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Terror and Affliction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affliction/terror
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