- 1to make someone or something suffer something unpleasant inflict something on/upon somebody/something They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy.
- 2(humorous) Do you have to inflict that music on us? inflict something They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm. The rodent's sharp teeth can inflict a nasty bite.
inflict
verbNAmE//ɪnˈflɪkt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they inflict he / she / it inflicts
past simple inflicted
-ing form inflicting
NAmE//ɪnˈflɪkʃn//
noun [uncountable] the infliction of painSee inflict in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: inflict