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  1. to force someone to experience something very unpleasant: These new bullets are capable of inflicting massive injuries. (be) inflicted on The suffering inflicted on these children was unimaginable. Synonyms. bring. cause. visit something on/upon someone old use or formal. wreak formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  2. Inflicted is the past tense and past participle of inflict, which means to force someone to experience something very unpleasant. Learn how to use inflicted in sentences with synonyms and related words.

  3. : to give by or as if by striking. inflict a painful sting. inflict damage. b. : to cause (something unpleasant) to be endured. … inflict my annual message upon the church itself if it might derive benefit thereby. Mark Twain. 2. : afflict. inflicter noun. or inflictor. in-ˈflik-tər. inflictive. in-ˈflik-tiv. adjective.

  4. to force someone to experience something very unpleasant: These new bullets are capable of inflicting massive injuries. (be) inflicted on The suffering inflicted on these children was unimaginable. Synonyms. bring. cause. visit something on/upon someone old use or formal. wreak formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  5. The verb inflict comes from the Latin word inflictus, meaning “to strike or dash against.”. If you cause anything bad to happen to a person, animal, or even an object, you inflict that badness on them. For example, someone can inflict injuries or suffering on other people or inflict damage on property.

  6. verb. often foll byon or upon to impose (something unwelcome, such as pain, oneself, etc) rare. to cause to suffer; afflict (with) to deal out (blows, lashes, etc)

  7. Inflict means to cause or impose something unwelcome or harmful on someone or something. It can also mean to deal or deliver a blow. See different sources, synonyms, and translations of inflict.