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The afflicts
verb
To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
synonyms
Exact(1)
Hoult and Stewart certainly give it their all, and both deliver sensitive, nuanced performances – but Doremus never really manages to solve the problem the afflicts the first half of the film: with everything and everyone moving at half speed, there's an inbuilt dramatic inertness to proceedings that no amount of intense whispering and tremulous handholding can overcome.
Similar(59)
To comfort the afflicted.
Aid the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
It offers little comfort to the afflicted.
Journalism: Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
One of the afflicted is Peter Pagan.
"I managed to afflict the afflicted," Mr. Kristof wrote.
For some of the afflicted, the paralysis was permanent.
The animal may scratch or bite the afflicted area raw.
To the afflicted workers this was "social dumping".
It's said that good satire should afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.
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