Suffering
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noun.
The condition of one who suffers; the bearing of pain or distress.
noun.
An instance of pain or distress.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; also, pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred
adjective.
Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Experiencing
pain
. syn.
noun.
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of
pain
or
distress
.
verb.
Present participle of
suffer
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
very unhappy; full of misery
noun.
misery resulting from affliction
noun.
feelings of mental or physical pain
noun.
psychological suffering
adjective.
troubled by pain or loss
noun.
a state of acute pain
Word Usage
"He takes the case: '_A negro is a fellow-creature_: therefore, _A negro in suffering is a fellow-creature in suffering_.'"
cross-reference
meeting for sufferings
Equivalent
troubled
unhappy
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
miserableness
misery
wretchedness
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
buffering
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
discomfort
disgrace
distress
hardship
humiliation
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Schmerz
ache
aches and pains
aching
admissive
verb-stem
suffer