afflicted
Burdened by illness
Afflicted describes someone suffering from a condition, disease, or persistent hardship: communities afflicted by poverty, patients afflicted with chronic pain.
The word implies ongoing burden rather than momentary trouble.
As a noun, the afflicted refers collectively to those who suffer: The charity serves the afflicted.
Something that afflicts causes distress or suffering.
Intense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
distress · misery · trauma · woe · tormented · haunted · grieving · bereft
Seriously affected by adversity
- blightedHarmed by destructive force
- plaguedPersistently afflicted
- doomedDestined for destruction
- ill-fatedDestined to fail
jinxed · unfortunate · luckless · hapless · star-crossed · accursed · hexed · damned
Defeated by sheer volume
- weighed downMade heavy by burden
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
- besetTroubled on all sides
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
troubled · encumbered · laden · taxed · saddled · hampered · handicapped · constrained
Sustained experience of distress
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- harmedCaused injury to
- injuredHaving sustained harm
- hurtCause or feel pain
scarred · traumatized · oppressed · persecuted · martyred · downtrodden · victimized · abused
State of poor health
- ailmentMinor health problem
- maladyA bodily affliction
- sicklyProne to poor health
- unwellExperiencing poor health
infected · chronic · inflammatory · autoimmune · syndrome · infirm · debilitated · ailing
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
heartache · distress · misery · trauma · woe · tormented · haunted · grieving · bereft · heartbroken
stricken
Seriously affected by adversity
ill-fated · jinxed · unfortunate · luckless · hapless · star-crossed · accursed · hexed · damned · forsaken
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
- weighed downMade heavy by burden
- oppressedTreated with cruel control
- besetTroubled on all sides
overburdened · troubled · encumbered · laden · taxed · saddled · hampered · handicapped · constrained · bogged down
suffering
Sustained experience of distress
hurt · scarred · traumatized · oppressed · persecuted · martyred · downtrodden · victimized · abused · mistreated
illness
State of poor health
unwell · infected · chronic · inflammatory · autoimmune · syndrome · infirm · debilitated · ailing · bedridden
affliction, afflict, afflicting, afflicts, afflictive, unafflicted