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Synonyms for suffering
ˈsʌf ər ɪŋ, ˈsʌf rɪŋsuf·fer·ing

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sufferingadjective

    Synonyms:
    pain, in

  2. sufferingadjective

    Experiencing pain.

    Synonyms:
    in, pain

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  1. suffering

    Pain is the most general term of this group, including all the others; pain is a disturbing sensation from which nature revolts, resulting from some injurious external interference (as from a wound, a bruise, a harsh word, etc.), or from some lack of what one needs, craves, or cherishes (as, the pain of hunger or bereavement), or from some abnormal action of bodily or mental functions (as, the pains of disease, envy, or discontent). Suffering is one of the severer forms of pain. The prick of a needle causes pain, but we should scarcely speak of it as suffering. Distress is too strong a word for little hurts, too feeble for the intensest suffering, but commonly applied to some continuous or prolonged trouble or need; as, the distress of a shipwrecked crew, or of a destitute family. Ache is lingering pain, more or less severe; pang, a pain short, sharp, intense, and perhaps repeated. We speak of the pangs of hunger or of remorse. Throe is a violent and thrilling pain. Paroxysm applies to an alternately recurring and receding pain, which comes as it were in waves; the paroxysm is the rising of the wave. Torment and torture are intense and terrible sufferings. Agony and anguish express the utmost pain or suffering of body or mind. Agony of body is that with which the system struggles; anguish that by which it is crushed.

    Synonyms:
    ache, agony, anguish, distress, pain, pang, paroxysm, throe, torment, torture, twinge, wo(e)

    Antonyms:
    comfort, delight, ease, enjoyment, peace, rapture, relief, solace

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. agony, suffering, excruciationnoun

    a state of acute pain

    Synonyms:
    hurt, distress, woe, excruciation, torture, crucifixion, agony, torment

    Antonyms:
    happy, untroubled

  2. suffering, woenoun

    misery resulting from affliction

    Synonyms:
    agony, woe, distress, hurt, woefulness, excruciation

    Antonyms:
    happy, untroubled

  3. distress, hurt, sufferingnoun

    psychological suffering

    "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

    Synonyms:
    hurt, injury, distress, detriment, harm, excruciation, damage, distraint, trauma, agony, scathe, woe

    Antonyms:
    untroubled, happy

  4. suffering, hurtadjective

    feelings of mental or physical pain

    Synonyms:
    hurt, injury, distress, detriment, harm, excruciation, damage, agony, trauma, woe, scathe

    Antonyms:
    untroubled, happy

  5. sufferingadjective

    troubled by pain or loss

    "suffering refugees"

    Synonyms:
    wretched, miserable

    Antonyms:
    untroubled, happy

  6. miserable, suffering, wretchedadjective

    very unhappy; full of misery

    "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

    Synonyms:
    low-down, pitiable, pathetic, piteous, abject, vile, misfortunate, poor, pitiful, hapless, slimy, miserable, unworthy, deplorable, scurvy, scummy, worthless, ugly, woeful, measly, wretched, paltry, execrable, despicable, low

    Antonyms:
    untroubled, happy

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. sufferingnoun

    Synonyms:
    endurance, pain, distress, misery, sufferance, passion

  2. sufferingnoun

    Synonyms:
    poverty, want

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sufferingnoun

    Synonyms:
    distress, agony, misery, pain, discomfort, torture, sufferance

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How to use suffering in a sentence?

  1. Rex Hickman:

    We know how fortunate we are, we have each other. We have great friends, wonderful family. So many people have got to be suffering much more than we are, and we feel for them.

  2. Iggy Azalea:

    I realize that artists can become fatigued from touring the world over, but if it's your first major tour, you've got to buckle down and do it, said Sami Jarroush, a music blogger for Consequence of Sound. Short of suffering from an actual medical emergency, saying you're going to stop performing so you can take a vacation isn't exactly going to make you look good in the eyes of however many fans you have left.

  3. Ryan Coogler:

    After his family released their statement, I realized that he was living with his illness the entire time I knew him. Because he was a caretaker, a leader, and a man of faith, dignity and pride, heshielded his collaborators from his suffering, he lived a beautiful life. And he made great art. Day after day, year after year. That was who he was. He was an epic firework display. I will tell stories about being there for some of the brilliant sparks till the end of my days. What an incredible mark hes left for us.

  4. Jonny Kim:

    BUD/s is a challenge but as you(Jocko Willink) and I know, training is nothing compared to war. You think BUD/s is hard, you think Hell Week is hard? Try getting hit in the face. And then, you reset your benchmark on what is hard, or what is pain, or what is suffering.

  5. Abou Habib:

    The issue doesn't disappear if there is no president or because we have the added complication of the Syrian displacement, the issue is still there, women are still suffering.


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