inflicting
Meaning of inflicting
- 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 inflicting
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of inflicting
in-flict-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- inflicting is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
inflicting 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):
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