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Suffering

noun

1.

A state of acute pain. Synonyms: agony, excruciation.

2.

Misery resulting from affliction. Synonym: woe.

3.

Psychological suffering. Synonyms: distress, hurt.

4.

Feelings of mental or physical pain. Synonym: hurt.

adjective

1.

Troubled by pain or loss.

2.

Very unhappy; full of misery. Synonyms: miserable, wretched. "A message of hope for suffering humanity" , "Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

Suffer

verb

(past & past part. suffered; pres. part. suffering)

1.

Undergo or be subjected to. Synonym: endure. "Many saints suffered martyrdom" Antonym: enjoy.

2.

Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses). Synonyms: get, have, sustain. "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars" , "She got a bruise on her leg" , "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

3.

Experience (emotional) pain.

4.

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, support, tolerate. "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" , "He learned to tolerate the heat" , "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

5.

Get worse.

6.

Feel pain or be in pain. Synonym: hurt. Antonym: be well.

7.

Feel physical pain. Synonyms: ache, hurt.

8.

Feel unwell or uncomfortable.

9.

Be given to.

10.

Undergo or suffer. Synonym: meet. "Suffer a terrible fate"

11.

Be set at a disadvantage. Synonym: lose.

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