[
UK
/sˈʌfəɹɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈsəfɝɪŋ, ˈsəfɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsəfɝɪŋ, ˈsəfɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- a state of acute pain
- feelings of mental or physical pain
- misery resulting from affliction
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psychological suffering
the death of his wife caused him great distress
ADJECTIVE
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troubled by pain or loss
suffering refugees -
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.