Word Meanings - INFLICTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment. 2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness.

Additional info about word: INFLICTION

1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment. 2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. Rogers.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INFLICTION)

• Abomination
• Loathing
• detestation
• hatred
• abhorrence
• plague
• nuisance
• evil
• annoyance
• infliction
• curse
• Blow
• Puff
• blast
• breath
• stroke
• wound
• disappointment
• affliction
• knock
• shock
• calamity
• misfortune
• Hardship
• Trouble
• burden
• grievance
• endurance

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INFLICTION)

• Restore
• expand
• swell
• Bless
• Compose
• calm
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• gratify
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to INFLICTION)

• BREATHE
  Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
• STROKER
  One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking. Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. Bp. Warburton.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• MISFORTUNED
  Unfortunate.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• BLASTMENT
  A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. Shak.
• HARDSHIP
  That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. Swift.
• NUISANCE
  That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious. Note: Nuisances are public when they annoy citizens in general; private, when they affect individuals only. (more info) nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm;
• BLESSING
  A gift. Gen. xxxiii. 11. 5. Grateful praise or worship. (more info) 1. The act of one who blesses. 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
• KNOCKSTONE
  A block upon which ore is broken up.
• BURDENER
  One who loads; a oppressor.
• SHOCKDOG
  See 1
• COMPOSE
  To arrange in a composing stick in order for printing; to set . (more info) 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all
• BLASTOSPHERE
  The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum. Note:
• AFFLICTION
  1. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. To repay that money will be a biting affliction. Shak. 2. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or
• BREATHLESS
  1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. 2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow
• COMPOSER
  1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His most brilliant and
• PLEASER
  One who pleases or gratifies.
• ENTERTAINER
  One who entertains.
• CURBLESS
  Having no curb or restraint.
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• DIPLOBLASTIC
  Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.
• RIBLESS
  Having no ribs.
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• LIMBLESS
  Destitute of limbs.
• NEMATOBLAST
  A spermatocyte or spermoblast.
• UPSWELL
  To swell or rise up.
• ABLASTEMIC
  Non-germinal.