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suffering

[ UK /sˈʌfəɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsəfɝɪŋ, ˈsəfɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a state of acute pain
  2. feelings of mental or physical pain
  3. misery resulting from affliction
  4. psychological suffering
    the death of his wife caused him great distress
ADJECTIVE
  1. troubled by pain or loss
    suffering refugees
  2. very unhappy; full of misery
    a message of hope for suffering humanity
    he felt depressed and miserable
    wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages

How To Use suffering In A Sentence

  • Dance the coxswain was the first affected in that way, but after a few moments Mark felt that the poor fellow had been suffering in The Black Bar
  • I love the way Sarajevans express themselves; it's a kind of world-weary, mordant wit overlying an amazing ability to absorb and survive great suffering. A Conversation with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book
  • It is pertinent to destigmatize depression, so those suffering from it could seek medical help.
  • a cavalier attitude toward the suffering of others.
  • Still Life with Action Figure," a particularly realist exercise, actually occurs in suburbia, where an artist son visits his artist father, who has resumed painting despite suffering from parkinsonism. Ccfinlay: You Make My Heart Sing
  • They are suffering terribly but their mind is perfect, so it is a living hell.
  • It cannot be a good sign that the filmmakers are largely impervious to the insecurity and suffering of wide layers of the population.
  • She had for weeks been suffering from a bad cough and chest infection.
  • Daniel - yeah, now suffering post-wedgy issues - let's just say get them to do a full harness check instead of a "quicky" becuase you an in a chair. oh that sounded rude too Wheelchair indoor rock climbing? Beth pays to get a wedgy.
  • And yet while teachers' strikes may have been popular with chatterers and some politicians, the iridescence has caused untold suffering among pupils whose school calendar has been dislocated.
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