inflict

transitive verb

To cause (something injurious or harmful), as to a person, group, or area.

transitive verb

To force to undergo or experience (something unwanted).

transitive verb

To deal or deliver (a blow, for example).

To lay on or impose as something that must be borne or suffered; cause to be suffered: as, to inflict punishment on offenders; to inflict a penalty on transgressors.

transitive verb

To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer

verb

To thrust upon; to impose.

verb

impose something unpleasant