Word Information

Suffering

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Definitions for Suffering

noun
a state of acute pain
Synonyms
agony excruciation
noun
misery resulting from affliction
Synonyms
woe
noun
psychological suffering
Synonyms
distress hurt
Examples
  1. the death of his wife caused him great distress
noun
feelings of mental or physical pain
Synonyms
hurt
adjective
troubled by pain or loss
Examples
  1. suffering refugees
adjective
very unhappy
Synonyms
miserable wretched
Examples
  1. full of misery
  2. he felt depressed and miserable
  3. a message of hope for suffering humanity
  4. wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
verb
undergo or be subjected to
Synonyms
suffer endure
Examples
  1. He suffered the penalty
  2. Many saints suffered martyrdom
verb
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Synonyms
suffer sustain have get
Examples
  1. She suffered a fracture in the accident
  2. He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
  3. She got a bruise on her leg
  4. He got his arm broken in the scuffle
verb
experience (emotional) pain
Synonyms
suffer
Examples
  1. Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers
verb
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Synonyms
digest endure stick out stomach bear stand tolerate support brook abide suffer put up
Examples
  1. I cannot bear his constant criticism
  2. The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
  3. he learned to tolerate the heat
  4. She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
verb
get worse
Synonyms
suffer
Examples
  1. His grades suffered
verb
feel pain or be in pain
Synonyms
suffer hurt
verb
feel physical pain
Synonyms
hurt ache suffer
Examples
  1. Were you hurting after the accident?
verb
feel unwell or uncomfortable
Synonyms
suffer
Examples
  1. She is suffering from the hot weather
verb
be given to
Synonyms
suffer
Examples
  1. She suffers from a tendency to talk too much
verb
undergo or suffer
Synonyms
suffer meet
Examples
  1. meet a violent death
  2. suffer a terrible fate
verb
be set at a disadvantage
Synonyms
suffer lose
Examples
  1. This author really suffers in translation
  2. The painting loses something in this light

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