infliction
English Thesaurus
1. an act causing pain or damage (noun.act)
2. the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | enforcement, |
| definition | : | the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | protection, trade protection, |
| definition | : | the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | regimentation, |
| definition | : | the imposition of order or discipline (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | reimposition, |
| definition | : | imposition again (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | taxation, |
| definition | : | the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | revenue enhancement, tax, taxation, |
| definition | : | charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (noun.possession) |
3. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | negative stimulus, |
| definition | : | a stimulus with undesirable consequences (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | nuisance, |
| definition | : | (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | irritant, thorn, |
| definition | : | something that causes irritation and annoyance (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | plague, |
| definition | : | an annoyance (noun.cognition) |
4. an act causing pain or damage (noun.act)
5. the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | impose, levy, |
| definition | : | impose and collect (verb.possession) |
6. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, |
| definition | : | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | bother, |
| definition | : | make nervous or agitated (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | anguish, hurt, pain, |
| definition | : | cause emotional anguish or make miserable (verb.emotion) |
7. an act causing pain or damage (noun.act)
8. the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | impose, levy, |
| definition | : | impose and collect (verb.possession) |
9. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex, |
| definition | : | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | bother, |
| definition | : | make nervous or agitated (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | anguish, hurt, pain, |
| definition | : | cause emotional anguish or make miserable (verb.emotion) |
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