long-suffering
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ər adjective
1.
enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
noun
2.
long and patient endurance of injury, trouble, or provocation: years of long-suffering and illness.
Origin:
1520–30
1520–30
Related forms
long-suf·fer·ing·ly, adverb
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| long-suffering | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | enduring pain, unhappiness, etc, without complaint |
| —n | |
| 2. | long and patient endurance |
| long-'sufferingly | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
Understand that isolation will not break the junta's grip on its long-suffering people.
But finally the region's long-suffering travelers are able to join in.
Their success drives long-suffering television writers and producers crazy.
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