affliger
Meanings
Verb
1. to grieve someone, to distress someone (transitive)
2. to smite (literary)
Examples8
Dieu l'a affligée.
God afflicted her.
Dieu l'a affligé.
God afflicted him.
Beaucoup de gens ont été affligés par les informations.
Many people were plunged into distress by the news.
Mon père était affligé par ma stupide question.
Father was tormented by my silly question.
Ma devise est : rassure les affligés et afflige les assurés.
My motto is: Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Dieu l'affligea.
God afflicted him.