Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: agony, distress, excruciation, hurt, miserable, troubled, unhappy, woe, wretched

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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