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# affliction

«affliction» in Mova's school dictionary: **Great suffering, trouble or sadness, such as a serious…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (affliction, afflictions)

### meaning for a pupil

Great suffering, trouble or sadness, such as a serious illness or a grief that will not go away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affliction/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the sorrow or illness that a person suffers, which others try to ease

### examples

- There is much affliction in this world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affliction/#x1)
- She was under a grievous affliction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affliction/#x2)
- I can end your affliction with this potion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affliction/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and gave judgment yesternight.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.984/)
- [And the name of the second called he Ephraim: 'for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1354/)
- [Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1068/)
- [The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1250/)
- [I see the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian do tremble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.49/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «affliction» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affliction/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.