Definition for Infliction:

• an act causing pain or damage

Synonyms for Infliction:

• n.

  •
  • like,
  • willing,
  • intrusion.
  •act (noun)
  • infliction.
  •adversity (noun)
  • calamity,
  • misfortune,
  • curse,
  • poorness,
  • ordeal,
  • misadventure,
  • disaster,
  • tragedy,
  • mishap,
  • bad luck,
  • peril,
  • difficulty,
  • poverty,
  • casualty,
  • hardship,
  • tribulation,
  • burden,
  • rainy day,
  • hard luck,
  • bane,
  • contretemps,
  • trial,
  • destitution,
  • adversity,
  • blight,
  • trouble,
  • woe,
  • dolor,
  • hard times.
  •annoyance (noun)
  • annoyance.
  •bane (noun)
  • nemesis.
  •bother (noun)
  • bother.
  •botheration (noun)
  • botheration.
  •catastrophe (noun)
  • mis adventure,
  • mis-adventure,
  • mis-chances,
  • de solations,
  • re-verse,
  • up shots,
  • mis-adventures,
  • up-shots,
  • mis-chance,
  • mis adventures,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • mis fortune,
  • mis fortunes,
  • the worsts,
  • de-solations,
  • mis chance,
  • up shot,
  • de solation,
  • up-shot,
  • mis chances,
  • re verse,
  • de-solation.
  •curse (noun)
  • pain,
  • castigation.
  •damage (noun)
  • cave in,
  • mutilations,
  • cave-ins,
  • cave-in,
  • mutilation,
  • pollution.
  •disease (noun)
  • ague,
  • bug,
  • disability,
  • affection,
  • debility,
  • disease,
  • condition,
  • sickness,
  • complication,
  • disorder,
  • infection,
  • infirmity,
  • attack,
  • indisposition,
  • queasiness,
  • decrepitude,
  • syndrome,
  • breakdown,
  • illness,
  • symptom,
  • feverishness,
  • unhealthiness,
  • handicap,
  • ailment,
  • fever,
  • collapse,
  • malady,
  • complaint,
  • nausea,
  • virus,
  • apoplexy,
  • Sickliness,
  • pestilence.
  •harm (noun)
  • banefulnesses,
  • wear tear,
  • sinfulnesses,
  • perniciousnesses,
  • deleteriousnesses,
  • noxiousnesses.
  •pain (noun)
  • chafing,
  • irritation,
  • inflammation,
  • wrench,
  • misery,
  • Migraine,
  • stab,
  • discomfort,
  • bruise,
  • bite,
  • gripe,
  • smarting,
  • affliction,
  • torture,
  • painfulness,
  • Back Ache,
  • malaise,
  • rack,
  • crick,
  • earache,
  • cramp,
  • pang,
  • throe,
  • injury,
  • ache,
  • spasm,
  • distress,
  • stitch,
  • grief,
  • suffering,
  • throb,
  • agony,
  • sore,
  • burn,
  • headache,
  • sting,
  • hurt,
  • wound,
  • anguish,
  • torment.
  •pain in the ass (noun)
  • pain in the ass.
  •pain in the neck (noun)
  • pain in the neck.
  •persecution (noun)
  • ill-treatments,
  • teasings,
  • illtreatments,
  • mis-treatment,
  • mis treatment,
  • ill treatment,
  • mis-treatments,
  • provokings,
  • gallings,
  • illtreatment,
  • mis treatments.
  •punishment (noun)
  • purgatory,
  • what for,
  • punitive measure,
  • disciplinary action,
  • rough treatment,
  • just desserts,
  • gallows,
  • punitive measures.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • threshing.
  •correction
  • punishment.

Paraphrases for Infliction:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dictates, imposition, taxation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    perpetration, provocation, cause.

Infliction Sentence Examples:

• She was sitting meekly under the infliction, her wet eyelashes falling on her flushed cheeks and shading her eyes.

• He professed to doubt whether, since that infliction, his flesh had been quite what it was before - whether there was not something stony in its texture.

Hyponym for Infliction:

• n.

  • act
    actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing.