inflicts
Meaning of inflicts
verb, 3rd person present
- cause (something unpleasant or painful) to be suffered by someone or something.
they inflicted serious injuries on three other men
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘afflict, trouble’): from Latin inflict- ‘struck against’, from the verb infligere, from in- ‘into’ + fligere ‘to strike’.
Information about inflicts
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of inflicts is: inflict.
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Hyphenation of inflicts
in-flicts
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- inflicts is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
inflicts synonyms
Meaning put (something) down gently or carefully:
Meaning force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) on someone:
Meaning inflict (revenge) on someone:
Meaning cause (a large amount of damage or harm):
Words that rhyme with inflicts
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