afligido

adj.

1 grieving, sorrowing, heartbroken.

Los afligidos padres the bereaved parents

2 distressed, sad, afflicted, bereaved.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: afligir.

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afligido

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=afligir}}afligir

► adjetivo

1 afflicted, grieved, troubled

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(f. - afligida)

adj.

grief-stricken, sorrowful

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1. ADJ

1) (=apenado) grieving, heartbroken

los afligidos padres — the bereaved parents

2) (Med)

afligido por — stricken with

2.

SM

los afligidos — [que padecen] the afflicted; [por deceso] the bereaved

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-da adjetivo [estar] upset

su afligida viuda — his grief-stricken widow

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= distressed, ailing, contrite, bereft, desolate, disconsolate.

Ex. When at one stage of his journey Christian lost his roll, he was very distressed until he found it again.

Ex. John W. Gardner, when he was president of the Carnegie Corporation, said 'Most ailing organizations have developed a functional blindness to their own defects'.

Ex. The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.

Ex. I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.

Ex. The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.

Ex. The window was half-way open as he sat taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner.

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* afligido por la muerte de un familiar cercano = bereaved.

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-da adjetivo [estar] upset

su afligida viuda — his grief-stricken widow

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= distressed, ailing, contrite, bereft, desolate, disconsolate.

Ex: When at one stage of his journey Christian lost his roll, he was very distressed until he found it again.

Ex: John W. Gardner, when he was president of the Carnegie Corporation, said 'Most ailing organizations have developed a functional blindness to their own defects'.

Ex: The novel is about a contrite sinner who finds penitence through a 'cunning' that is theatrical.

Ex: I recalled how bereft we felt when we lost our son and how friends and neighbours rallied round and offered a shoulder to cry on.

Ex: The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.

Ex: The window was half-way open as he sat taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner.

* afligido por la muerte de un familiar cercano = bereaved.

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afligido -da

adjective

[ ESTAR] upset

quedó muy afligido por lo que le dijiste he was very upset by what you said

su afligida viuda his grief-stricken widow

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Del verbo afligir: (conjugate afligir)

afligido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
afligido    
afligir
afligido

◊ -da adjetivo

distressed
afligir (conjugate afligir) verbo transitivo

a) (afectar) to afflict

b) (apenar) to upset

afligirse verbo pronominal
to get upset
afligir verbo transitivo to afflict
'afligido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dolorida
- dolorido
- desolado
English:
aching
- bereaved
- distraught
- miserable
- mournful
- sorrowful
- stricken
- woeful
- distressed

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afligido, -a adj

[triste] afflicted, distressed; [rostro, voz] mournful;

está muy afligido por la tragedia he's very upset by the tragedy

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afligido

adj upset

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afligido, -da adj

: grief-stricken, sorrowful