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    suffering
    /ˈsʌf(ə)rɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship: "weapons that cause unnecessary suffering"

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  2. The meaning of SUFFERING is the state or experience of one that suffers. How to use suffering in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Suffering.

  3. SUFFERING definition: 1. physical or mental pain that a person or animal is feeling: 2. physical or mental pain that a…. Learn more.

  4. to experience or show the effects of something bad: [ T ] About 50,000 bicyclists suffer serious head injuries each year. [ T ] Block’s own farm has suffered large financial setbacks. [ I ] If you and your husband have jobs in different cities, your marriage is likely to suffer.

  5. Suffering is serious pain which someone feels in their body or their mind. They began to recover slowly from their nightmare of pain and suffering. It has caused terrible suffering to animals.

  6. noun. the state of a person or thing that suffers. Synonyms: distress, pain, torture, torment, agony. Often sufferings. something suffered by a person or a group of people; pain: the sorrows and sufferings of our poorest citizens. suffering. / ˈsʌfrɪŋ; ˈsʌfərɪŋ / noun. the pain, misery, or loss experienced by a person who suffers.

  7. 1. a. : to submit to or be forced to endure. suffer martyrdom. b. : to feel keenly : labor under. suffer thirst. 2. : undergo, experience. 3. : to put up with especially as inevitable or unavoidable. 4. : to allow especially by reason of indifference. the eagle suffers little birds to sing William Shakespeare. intransitive verb. 1.

  8. Definition of suffering noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.