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Definitions for Suffering
[1] the state of a person or thing that suffers.
[2] Often sufferings. something suffered by a person or a group of people; pain: the sufferings of the slaves.
[3] to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
[4] to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss: One's health suffers from overwork. The business suffers from lack of capital.
[5] to undergo a penalty, as of death: The traitor was made to suffer on the gallows.
[6] to endure pain, disability, death, etc., patiently or willingly.
[7] to undergo, be subjected to, or endure (pain, distress, injury, loss, or anything unpleasant): to suffer the pangs of conscience.
[8] to undergo or experience (any action, process, or condition): to suffer change.
[9] to tolerate or allow: I do not suffer fools gladly.
[10] the pain, misery, or loss experienced by a person who suffers
[11] the state or an instance of enduring pain, etc
[12] to undergo or be subjected to (pain, punishment, etc)
[13] (tr) to undergo or experience (anything) to suffer a change of management
[14] (intr) to be set at a disadvantage this author suffers in translation
[15] to be prepared to endure (pain, death, etc) he suffers for the cause of freedom
[16] (tr) archaic to permit (someone to do something) suffer the little children to come unto me
[17] suffer from to be ill with, esp recurrently to be given to he suffers from a tendency to exaggerate
Words related to Suffering
misfortune, hardship, torture, ordeal, difficulty, discomfort, torment, misery, anguish, adversity, dolor, passion, distress, martyrdom, affliction
Words nearby Suffering
suff., suffer, suffer fools gladly, sufferable, sufferance, suffering, suffern, suffice, suffice it to say, sufficiency, sufficient
Origin of Suffering
1200–50; Middle English suff(e)ren < Latin sufferre, equivalent to suf- suf- + ferre to bear1; compare Old French sofrir < Vulgar Latin *sufferīre
Other words from Suffering
suf·fer·ing·ly , adverb
un·suf·fer·ing , adjective
suf·fer·a·ble , adjective
suf·fer·a·ble·ness , noun
suf·fer·a·bly , adverb
suf·fer·er , noun
non·suf·fer·a·ble , adjective
non·suf·fer·a·ble·ness , noun
non·suf·fer·a·bly , adverb
out·suf·fer , verb (used with object)
pre·suf·fer , verb
un·suf·fer·a·ble , adjective
un·suf·fer·a·ble·ness , noun
un·suf·fer·a·bly , adverb
Word origin for Suffering
C13: from Old French soffrir, from Latin sufferre, from sub- + ferre to bear
Synonyms for Suffering
adversity, anguish, difficulty, discomfort, hardship, misery, misfortune, ordeal, torment, torture, affliction, distress, dolor, martyrdom, passion