SUFFERING

miserable, suffering, wretched

(adjective) very unhappy; full of misery; “he felt depressed and miserable”; “a message of hope for suffering humanity”; “wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages”

suffering

(adjective) troubled by pain or loss; “suffering refugees”

suffering, hurt

(noun) feelings of mental or physical pain

distress, hurt, suffering

(noun) psychological suffering; “the death of his wife caused him great distress”

agony, suffering, excruciation

(noun) a state of acute pain

suffering, woe

(noun) misery resulting from affliction

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

suffering

Experiencing pain.

Synonyms

• (experiencing pain): in pain

Noun

suffering (countable and uncountable, plural sufferings)

The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.

Verb

suffering

present participle of suffer

Source: Wiktionary

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Suf"fer*ing, n.

Definition: 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.

Definition: Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.

– Suf"fer*ing*ly, adv.

SUFFER

Suf"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffering.] Etym: [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir, F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See Bear to support.]

1. To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under. Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains. Milton.

3. To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage. If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration. Shak.

4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Lev. xix. 17. I suffer them to enter and possess. Milton.

Syn.

– To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit; tolerate. See Permit.

Suf"fer, v. i.

1. To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety. O well for him whose will is strong! He suffers, but he will not suffer long. Tennyson.

2. To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death. The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. Clarendon.

3. To be injured; to sustain loss or damage. Public business suffers by private infirmities. Sir W. Temple.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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