badly afflict
Frequency: 6.00.8 per million words
to affect someone or something in a very serious way
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- He's badly afflicted with a rare skin disorder.
- The region has been badly afflicted by drought for three years.
- Poverty is a problem that badly afflicts many inner-city communities.
- After the accident, she was badly afflicted with guilt.
- The entire tourism industry is badly afflicted by the recent travel restrictions.
- Many elderly people are badly afflicted with arthritis, which limits their mobility.
- His later years were badly afflicted by a debilitating illness.
- That country, badly afflicted by civil war, is now struggling to rebuild.
- The young artist was badly afflicted with self-doubt, despite his talent.
- Certain crops in this area are badly afflicted by a new type of fungus.