All 4 Uses of
afflict
in
Northanger Abbey
- Miss Tilney continuing silent, she ventured to say, "Her death must have been a great affliction!"†
Chpt 22 *
- "But your father," said Catherine, "was he afflicted?"†
Chpt 24
- His value of her was sincere; and, if not permanently, he was truly afflicted by her death.†
Chpt 24
- To say the truth, though I am hurt and grieved, that I cannot still love her, that I am never to hear from her, perhaps never to see her again, I do not feel so very, very much afflicted as one would have thought.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(afflict) cause suffering -- such as illness, pain, or unhappiness