inflict[verb]Synonyms: impose, administer, apply, deliver, levy, mete
or deal out, visit, wreak
Contrasted words: guard, protect, shelter, shield
Related Idioms: lay open to, put on the spot
Related Words: expose,
subject [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
in‧flict /ɪnˈflɪkt/
verb[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of infligere, from fligere 'to hit']
1. [transitive] to make someone suffer something unpleasant
inflict something on/upon somebody
The strikes inflicted serious damage on the economy. Detectives warned that the men could inflict serious injury.2. inflict yourself/somebody on somebody to visit or be with someone when they do not want you – used humorously:
Was it really fair to her friends to inflict her nephew on them?—infliction /ɪnˈflɪkʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable]:
the deliberate infliction of pain [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲