Synonyms for infliction
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Noun
1. Annoyance
annoyance, pain, punishment, torment, scourge, nuisance, grievance, thorn, trouble, pest, visitation, bother, affliction, vexation, irritation, inconvenience, plague, botheration dated
Other
imposition, judgment US, judgement UK
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.
Forms
- Plural
- inflictions → annoyances, pains, punishments, torments…
Example sentences
- pain By and large, women can bear pain better than men.
- punishment In my family, the punishment for lying was severe.
- imposition Is to reason and to be mistaken, an imposition?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| infliction | rising | |
| pain | rising | |
| punishment | steady | |
| imposition | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pain1, pest1
- 5 letters
- thorn1
- 6 letters
- bother2, plague1
- 7 letters
- trouble2, torment2, scourge1
- 8 letters
- judgment2, nuisance2, vexation
- 9 letters
- judgement2, annoyance3, grievance2
- 10 letters
- punishment3, irritation4, visitation4, imposition4, affliction3
- 11 letters
- botheration
- 13 letters
- inconvenience4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bother2 = 2 syllables).