suffering
pronunciation
How to pronounce suffering in British English:
UK [ˈsʌfərɪŋ]
How to pronounce suffering in American English:
US [ˈsʌfərɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a state of acute pain
- misery resulting from affliction
- psychological suffering
- feelings of mental or physical pain
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- Adjective:
- troubled by pain or loss
- very unhappy; full of misery
Word Origin
- suffering (n.)
- "patient enduring of pain, inconvenience, loss, etc.," mid-14c.; "undergoing of punishment, affliction, etc.," late 14c., verbal noun from suffer (v.). Meaning "a painful condition, pain felt" is from late 14c.
Example
- 1. Let your intention be freedom from useless suffering .
- 2. How can her significance and suffering be portrayed musically ?
- 3. Almost all of us are suffering without a cause .
- 4. America 's military presence has not prevented massive human suffering .
- 5. Many english fans are suffering from a new strain of this ailment .