afflict synonyms:
verb
affect, annoy, bedevil, beset, bother, burden, cause suffering to, distress, grieve, harass, harm, hurt, oppress, pain, pester, plague, rack, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound.
Example:
GMCA said: “Greater Manchester is facing a housing crisis. It is adversely affected by the broken housing market that afflicts the country as a whole.”