infliction English

Meaning infliction meaning

What does infliction mean?

infliction

— noun an act causing pain or damage

— noun (= imposition) the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

— noun (= bother) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer a bit of a bother he's not a friend, he's an infliction

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infliction English » English

imposition

punishment

pain in the neck

pain in the ass

pain

botheration

bother

annoyance

visitation

penalty

whammy

tribulation

trial

torment

suffering

sentence

scourge

retribution

requital

prescription

positioning

plague

persecution

penalisation

ordeal

nuisance

nemesis

maltreatment

induction

inducement

ill-treatment

hardship

grief

enforcement

discipline

curse

crown of thorns

chastening

causing

affliction