affliction :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"

infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism

n. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

disease

n. an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

condition, shape

n. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')

circumstance

n. formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"

disorder

n. a disturbance of the peace or of public order

disability, disablement, handicap, impairment

n. the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

disadvantage

n. the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

difficulty

n. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

adversity, hardship, hard knocks

n. a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"

challenge

n. a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"

crisis

n. an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"

emergency

n. a state in which martial law applies; "the governor declared a state of emergency"

misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck

n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

pass, strait, straits

n. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

adversity

n. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities"

ordeal, trial by ordeal

n. a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

plague

n. an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"

enemy, foe, foeman, opposition

n. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

antagonist

n. a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug

rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender

n. the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"

poison, toxicant, poisonous substance

n. any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism

calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

ruin, ruination

n. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"

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