All 4 Uses of
afflict
in
The Scarlet Letter
- "They mostly do," said the clergyman, griping hard at his breast, as if afflicted with an importunate throb of pain.†
Chpt 10 *
- "It is our Hester—the town's own Hester—who is so kind to the poor, so helpful to the sick, so comfortable to the afflicted!"†
Chpt 13
- Into this festal season of the year—as it already was, and continued to be during the greater part of two centuries—the Puritans compressed whatever mirth and public joy they deemed allowable to human infirmity; thereby so far dispelling the customary cloud, that, for the space of a single holiday, they appeared scarcely more grave than most other communities at a period of general affliction.†
Chpt 21
- He hath proved his mercy, most of all, in my afflictions.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(afflict) cause suffering -- such as illness, pain, or unhappiness