'Suffering' definitions:

Definition of 'suffering'

From: WordNet
adjective
Troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
adjective
Very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn: miserable, suffering, wretched]
noun
A state of acute pain [syn: agony, suffering, excruciation]
noun
Misery resulting from affliction [syn: suffering, woe]
noun
Psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" [syn: distress, hurt, suffering]
noun
Feelings of mental or physical pain [syn: suffering, hurt]

Definition of 'Suffering'

From: GCIDE
  • Suffer \Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffering.] [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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under. [1913 Webster]
  • Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. --Lev. xix. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • I suffer them to enter and possess. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit; tolerate. See Permit. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Suffering'

From: GCIDE
  • Suffering \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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Suffering'

From: GCIDE
  • Suffering \Suf"fer*ing\, a. Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc. -- {Suf"fer*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'suffering'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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