<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>greatly distressed or troubled by bodily or mental pain: The severity of these symptoms predicts how well the afflicted individuals can live independently and maintain employment.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with a singular or plural verb) Usually the afflicted.</li><li>a person or persons distressed or troubled in such a way: Behind each of these killer diseases is the pain of despair, loneliness, and loss in the lives of the bereaved and the afflicted.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>the simple past tense and past participle of afflict.</li></ul>