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suf·fer·ing    Audio Help   [suhf-er-ing, suhf-ring] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the state of a person or thing that suffers.
2.Often, sufferings. something suffered by a person or a group of people; pain: the sufferings of the slaves.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME; see suffer, -ing1]

—Related forms
suf·fer·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. agony, torment, torture; pain, distress.
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suf·fer    Audio Help   (sŭf'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   suf·fered, suf·fer·ing, suf·fers

v.   intr.
  1. To feel pain or distress; sustain loss, injury, harm, or punishment.
  2. To tolerate or endure evil, injury, pain, or death. See Synonyms at bear1.
  3. To appear at a disadvantage: "He suffers by comparison with his greater contemporary" (Albert C. Baugh).

v.   tr.
  1. To undergo or sustain (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant): "Ordinary men have always had to suffer the history their leaders were making" (Herbert J. Muller).
  2. To experience; undergo: suffer a change in staff.
  3. To endure or bear; stand: would not suffer fools.
  4. To permit; allow: "They were not suffered to aspire to so exalted a position as that of streetcar conductor" (Edmund S. Morgan).


[Middle English suffren, from Old French sufrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre : sub-, sub- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]

suf'fer·er n., suf'fer·ing·ly adv.
Usage Note: In general usage the preferred preposition after suffer is from, rather than with, in constructions such as He suffered from hypertension. Ninety-four percent of the Usage Panel found suffered with unacceptable in the preceding example. In medical usage suffer with is sometimes employed with reference to the pain or discomfort caused by a condition, while suffer from is used more broadly in reference to a condition, such as anemia, that is detrimental but not necessarily painful.

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suf·fer·ing    Audio Help   (sŭf'ər-ĭng, sŭf'rĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The condition of one who suffers; the bearing of pain or distress.
  2. An instance of pain or distress.

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suffering

adjective
1. troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees" 
2. very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn: miserable] 

noun
1. a state of acute pain [syn: agony] 
2. misery resulting from affliction 
3. psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" [syn: distress] 
4. feelings of mental or physical pain 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source
ˈsuffering noun
(a feeling of) pain or misery
Example: The shortage of food caused widespread suffering; She keeps complaining about her sufferings.
Arabic: عَذاب، مُعاناه
Chinese (Simplified): 通苦
Chinese (Traditional): 通苦
Czech: utrpení
Danish: lidelse
Dutch: pijn, nood
Estonian: kannatus
Finnish: kärsimys
French: souffrance
German: das Leiden
Greek: ταλαιπωρία, δεινοπάθημα
Hungarian: fájdalom
Icelandic: þjáning
Indonesian: penderitaan
Italian: sofferenza
Japanese: 苦しみ
Korean: 고통, 괴로움
Latvian: ciešanas
Lithuanian: kančia, kentėjimas
Norwegian: lidelse
Polish: cierpienie, ból
Portuguese (Brazil): sofrimento
Portuguese (Portugal): sofrimento
Romanian: suferinţă
Russian: страдание
Slovak: utrpenie
Slovenian: trpljenje
Spanish: sufrimiento
Swedish: lidande, nöd
Turkish: acı, ıstırap
See also: suffer

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source

Suffering

Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffering.] [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir, F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See Bear to support.]

1. To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.

Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains. --Milton.

3. To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.

If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration. --Shak.

4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.

Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. --Lev. xix. 17.

I suffer them to enter and possess. --Milton.

Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit; tolerate. See Permit.
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Suffering

Suf"fer*ing\, n. The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. "Souls in sufferings tried." --Keble.
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Suffering

Suf"fer*ing\, a. Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc. -- Suf"fer*ing*ly, adv.
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