Meaning of SUFFERING
| Pronunciation: | | s(@)fring
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- [n] feelings of mental or physical pain
- [n] psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
- [n] a state of acute pain
- [n] misery resulting from affliction
- [adj] very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
- [adj] troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
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| | Synonyms: | | agony, distress, excruciation, hurt, miserable, troubled, unhappy, woe, wretched |
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| | See Also: | | agony, anguish, discomfort, hurting, irritation, misery, pain, pain, painfulness, Passion, self-torment, self-torture, soreness, throe, throes, torment, torture, wound, wretchedness | |
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\Suf"fer*ing\, n.
The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured;
distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or
sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. ``Souls in
sufferings tried.'' --Keble.
\Suf"fer*ing\, a.
Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
-- {Suf"fer*ing*ly}, adv.
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