Definitions for inflicts

inflicts in·flict

Spelling: [in-flikt]
IPA: /ɪnˈflɪkt/

Inflicts is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in inflicts (cfiilnst).

Definitions for inflicts

verb (used with object)

  1. to impose as something that must be borne or suffered:
  2. to impose (anything unwelcome):
  3. to deal or deliver, as a blow.

Origin of inflicts

1520-30; Latin inflīctus past participle of inflīgere to strike or dash against, equivalent to in- in-2 + flīg- (stem of flīgere to beat down) + -tus past pa

Examples for inflicts

I am unacquainted with the nature of all the papers she received, but I well remember the agony they seemed to inflict on her.

They can do a great deal of harm,--inflict a great deal of suffering.

Veterans groups called it unconscionable to inflict cuts of any kind on a force that has endured repeated deployments.

Well, I really never intended to inflict all this upon you, Bertie.

What possible punishment can the Dalai Lama, in this lifetime, inflict on the Chinese as they hasten the extinction of his people?

The rise of ISIS has revealed the horrors that people are willing to inflict upon one another.

And with RT, these losers have a global platform through which they can inflict their psychoses on the rest of us.

Perhaps the blow which it will inflict upon you will make of you the woman you ought to be.

The greatest wrong you can inflict upon me will be inflicted by your desertion.

Most of all, how could anyone film—or inflict upon viewers—such gratuitous, relentlessly grubby sexual content?

Word Value for inflicts
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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