inflicting
Causing to suffer
Inflicting is the present participle of inflict, meaning to cause someone to suffer something unpleasant.
You inflict pain, damage, punishment, or harm: The hurricane inflicted billions in damage.
The word carries connotations of force or imposition—you don't inflict kindness.
Someone can also inflict themselves or their opinions on others: He kept inflicting his terrible jokes on the dinner guests.
Impressively grand in scale
- causingMaking occur
- creatingMaking something new
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- strainExcessive stretching force
stress · suffering · distress · trouble · misery · grief · anguish · loss
Making occur
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
torture · distress · discomfort · ache · sting · throb · soreness · trauma
Giving or applying formally
- metingDistributing by measure
- dispensingGiving out portions
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- deliveringTransporting to a recipient
discipline · penalty · retribution · sanction · chastisement · consequence · justice · sentencing
imposing
Impressively grand in scale
strain · stress · suffering · distress · trouble · misery · grief · anguish · loss · damage
causing
Making occur
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
anguish · torture · distress · discomfort · ache · sting · throb · soreness · trauma · smarting
administering
Giving or applying formally
- metingDistributing by measure
- dispensingGiving out portions
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
delivering · discipline · penalty · retribution · sanction · chastisement · consequence · justice · sentencing · correction
wounding
Causing physical injury
maiming · attacking · assaulting · battering · bruising · lacerating · striking · beating · stabbing · gashing
inflictingreceiving
Acquiring what's sent
enduring · suffering · undergoing · bearing · sustaining
inflictingrelieving
Reducing discomfort or strain
alleviating · soothing · healing · easing · comforting
inflictingsparing
Using resources minimally
shielding · protecting · sheltering · preventing · safeguarding