All 11 Uses of
afflict
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Now I recollect," said the afflicted old father; "my poor boy told me yesterday he had got a small case of coffee, and another of tobacco for me!"†
Chpt 5-6afflicted = suffering; or made to suffer
- Nothing is easier than to begin with fair promises and assurances of nothing to fear; but when poor, silly folks, like my husband there, have been persuaded to tell all they know, the promises and assurances of safety are quickly forgotten; and at some moment when nobody is expecting it, behold trouble and misery, and all sorts of persecutions, are heaped on the unfortunate wretches, who cannot even see whence all their afflictions come.†
Chpt 25-26afflictions = things that cause suffering
- In the midst of her despair, a new affliction overtook her.†
Chpt 27-28 *affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
- "And God has poured balm into your wounds, as he does into those of all who are in affliction?" said Monte Cristo inquiringly.†
Chpt 49-50
- But there was no look calculated to reassure her; all it seemed to say was, "It is not only your reserve which afflicts me."†
Chpt 57-58afflicts = causes suffering
- She soon whispered to her husband, "I think it would be better for me to retire, with your permission, for the sight of me appears still to afflict your mother-in-law."†
Chpt 71-72afflict = cause suffering
- And then the baroness remembered that she had felt no pity for poor Mercedes, who had been afflicted with as severe a blow through her husband and son.†
Chpt 99-100afflicted = suffering; or made to suffer
- For some temperaments work is a remedy for all afflictions.†
Chpt 103-104afflictions = things that cause suffering
- "Still, baron," said Monte Cristo, "family griefs, or indeed any other affliction which would crush a man whose child was his only treasure, are endurable to a millionaire.†
Chpt 103-104affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
- It is natural enough; this strange chain of domestic afflictions, followed by the no less strange death of his daughter"— "Strange?†
Chpt 109-110afflictions = things that cause suffering
- There is something so awe-inspiring in great afflictions that even in the worst times the first emotion of a crowd has generally been to sympathize with the sufferer in a great catastrophe.†
Chpt 111-112
Definition:
to cause pain, suffering, or trouble -- especially something long-lasting or hard to endure