INFLICTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an act causing pain or damage
   Hypernyms(s) infliction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wrongdoing (what does wrongdoing mean?)
   • wrongful conduct (what does wrongful conduct mean?)
   • misconduct (what does misconduct mean?)
   • actus reus (what does actus reus mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • inflict (what does inflict mean?)
   • bring down (what does bring down mean?)
   • visit (what does visit mean?)
   • impose (what does impose mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
   Synonym(s)
   • imposition (what does imposition mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) infliction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • enforcement (what does enforcement mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • protection (what does protection mean?)
   • trade protection (what does trade protection mean?)
   • regimentation (what does regimentation mean?)
   • reimposition (what does reimposition mean?)
   • taxation (what does taxation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • levy (what does levy mean?)
   • impose (what does impose mean?)
   • inflict (what does inflict mean?)
   • bring down (what does bring down mean?)
   • visit (what does visit mean?)
   • impose (what does impose mean?)
3. Meaning
   • something or someone that causes trouble
   • a source of unhappiness
   Synonym(s)
   • annoyance (what does annoyance mean?)
   • bother (what does bother mean?)
   • botheration (what does botheration mean?)
   • pain (what does pain mean?)
   • pain in the ass (what does pain in the ass mean?)
   • pain in the neck (what does pain in the neck mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
   • a bit of a bother
   • he’’s not a friend, he’’s an infliction
   Hypernyms(s) infliction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • negative stimulus (what does negative stimulus mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • nuisance (what does nuisance mean?)
   • irritant (what does irritant mean?)
   • thorn (what does thorn mean?)
   • plague (what does plague mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pain (what does pain mean?)
   • anguish (what does anguish mean?)
   • hurt (what does hurt mean?)
   • trouble (what does trouble mean?)
   • put out (what does put out mean?)
   • inconvenience (what does inconvenience mean?)
   • disoblige (what does disoblige mean?)
   • discommode (what does discommode mean?)
   • incommode (what does incommode mean?)
   • bother (what does bother mean?)
   • bother (what does bother mean?)
   • annoy (what does annoy mean?)
   • rag (what does rag mean?)
   • get to (what does get to mean?)
   • bother (what does bother mean?)
   • get at (what does get at mean?)
   • irritate (what does irritate mean?)
   • rile (what does rile mean?)
   • nark (what does nark mean?)
   • nettle (what does nettle mean?)
   • gravel (what does gravel mean?)
   • vex (what does vex mean?)
   • chafe (what does chafe mean?)
   • devil (what does devil mean?)
   • annoy (what does annoy mean?)
   • rag (what does rag mean?)
   • get to (what does get to mean?)
   • bother (what does bother mean?)
   • get at (what does get at mean?)
   • irritate (what does irritate mean?)
   • rile (what does rile mean?)
   • nark (what does nark mean?)
   • nettle (what does nettle mean?)
   • gravel (what does gravel mean?)
   • vex (what does vex mean?)
   • chafe (what does chafe mean?)
   • devil (what does devil mean?)