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inflict

/ɪnˈflɪkt/verb2 syllables

Inflict means: impose something unpleasant.

Synonyms for inflict6

verb, as in impose something unpleasant

bring down, visit, impose

also used for inflict

exact, fetch, wreak

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What does inflict mean?1

verb

1

impose something unpleasant“The principal visited his rage on the students”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with inflict?13

two syllables

predictrestrictaddictdepictevict

three syllables

contradict
Show 40 near rhymes
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Inflict in a sentence

  • A sadist likes inflicting pain; a masochist, receiving it.darinmex
  • Little damage was inflicted by their missiles, leaving behind only cratered fields.Amastan
  • You should not inflict any injury on others on any account.Jesse
  • Was it necessary to inflict such a punishment on him?unknown
  • Sociopaths rationalize the pain they inflict on others.Amastan
  • Sociopaths never feel remorse and they rationalize the pain they inflict on others.Amastan
  • Words can inflict wounds that are harder to heal than those from weapons.Nuel
  • Yanni was found dead from a single self-inflicted gunshot wound.Amastan

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Forms of inflict

as a verb

past tense
inflicted
present participle
inflicting
third-person singular
inflicts
past participle
inflicted