About The Word Suffering

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Suffering to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Suffering definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Mill-hand ‐ a workman in a mill…
  • Angularity ‐ the property possessed by a shape that has angles [n] a shape…
  • Seasonably ‐ at an opportune time; "your letter arrived apropos" [adv] in…
  • Nabalus ‐ genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes…
  • Invigilation ‐ (British) keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent…
  • Drop line ‐ a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines…
  • Rave-up ‐ (British) a raucous…
  • Oregon ‐ a state in northwestern United States on…
  • Kinaesthesis ‐ the ability to feel movements of the…
  • Sewed ‐ fastened…