different between distressed vs afflicted
distressed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??st??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: dis?tressed
Adjective
distressed (comparative more distressed, superlative most distressed)
- anxious or uneasy
- I'm distressed that John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.
- (of merchandise, etc.) damaged
- (of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
- (of furniture, etc.) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique
Translations
Verb
distressed
- simple past tense and past participle of distress
distressed From the web:
- what distressed mean
- what distressed property
- what distress
- what distressing news does hester
- what distresses giles corey
- what distressed mathilde
- what distressed kisa gotami
- what's distressed jeans
afflicted
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fl?kt?d/
- Hyphenation: af?flict?ed
Verb
afflicted
- simple past tense and past participle of afflict
Adjective
afflicted (comparative more afflicted, superlative most afflicted)
- Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.
Usage notes
Many people advise against describing a disabled person as being afflicted by the condition that relates to their status as a disabled person and suggest describing a disabled person as having or experiencing that condition instead.
Translations
References
Scots
Verb
afflicted
- past and past participle of afflict
Adjective
afflicted (comparative mair afflicted, superlative maist afflicted)
- afflicted
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
afflicted From the web:
- what afflicted king alfred
- what afflicted tiny tim
- what afflicted alfred the great
- what's afflicted mean
- what afflicted queen anne
- what afflicted you
- afflicted what does it mean
- what does afflicted mean in the bible
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