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Suffering

Suffering Meaning & Definition
Suffering Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Suffering?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Suffering: agony | distress | excruciation | hurt | miserable | troubled | unhappy | woe | wretched

Related Terms | Find terms related to Suffering:

See Also | agony | anguish | discomfort | hurting | irritation | misery | pain | pain | painfulness | Passion | self-torment | self-torture | soreness | throe | throes | torment | torture | wound | wretchedness

Suffering In Webster's Dictionary

\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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