badly afflict

Frequency: 6.00.8 per million words

to affect someone or something in a very serious way

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Examples (10)

  • 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.