All 5 Uses

afflict
in
Brave New World
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The malice and bad tempers from which other people had to take holidays never afflicted him.†
p. 60.5 *

afflicted = suffering; or made to suffer
He felt strong enough to meet and overcome affliction, strong enough to face even Iceland.†
p. 98.8

affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
Often in the past he had wondered what it would be like to be subjected (soma-less and with nothing but his own inward resources to rely on) to some great trial, some pain, some persecution; he had even longed for affliction.†
p. 104.1
One gramme, she decided, would not be enough; hers had been more than a one-gramme affliction.†
p. 171.9
For the sake of the labourers; it would be sheer cruelty to afflict them with excessive leisure.†
p. 224.8

afflict = cause suffering

Definitions:

(1) (afflict)
to cause pain, suffering, or trouble -- especially something long-lasting or hard to endure
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)