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Synonyms for suffering
ˈsʌf ər ɪŋ, ˈsʌf rɪŋsuf·fering
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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 WordNet
agony, suffering, excruciationnoun
a state of acute pain
Synonyms:
hurt, distress, woe, excruciation, torture, suffering, crucifixion, agony, tormentAntonyms:
happy, untroubledsuffering, woenoun
misery resulting from affliction
Synonyms:
agony, suffering, woe, distress, hurt, woefulness, excruciationAntonyms:
happy, untroubleddistress, hurt, sufferingnoun
psychological suffering
"the death of his wife caused him great distress"
Synonyms:
hurt, injury, distress, detriment, harm, excruciation, damage, distraint, suffering, trauma, agony, scathe, woeAntonyms:
untroubled, happysuffering, hurtadjective
feelings of mental or physical pain
Synonyms:
hurt, injury, distress, detriment, harm, excruciation, damage, agony, suffering, trauma, woe, scatheAntonyms:
untroubled, happysufferingadjective
troubled by pain or loss
"suffering refugees"
Antonyms:
untroubled, happymiserable, 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, suffering, scurvy, scummy, worthless, ugly, woeful, measly, wretched, paltry, execrable, despicable, lowAntonyms:
untroubled, happy
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sufferingnoun
Synonyms:
distress, agony, misery, pain, discomfort, torture, sufferance
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#402 | low | |
#1711 | poor | |
#1938 | pain | |
#2266 | damage | |
#2620 | injury | |
#5093 | hurt | |
#5338 | torture | |
#5907 | suffering | |
#6159 | harm | |
#6848 | suffer | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#9538 | trauma | |
#9633 | experiencing | |
#10700 | grief | |
#12669 | distress | |
#15487 | misery | |
#17102 | miserable | |
#18127 | pathetic | |
#18786 | hardship | |
#20439 | agony | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#22266 | plight | |
#25311 | ache | |
#25704 | woe | |
#27379 | vile | |
#27991 | anguish | |
#29210 | torment | |
#30803 | detriment | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#31968 | hardships | |
#33386 | pang | |
#35460 | sufferings | |
#37567 | crucifixion | |
#38945 | unworthy | |
#40996 | pitiful | |
#43288 | hapless | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#48820 | slimy | |
#51865 | abject | |
#55032 | deplorable | |
#57224 | paltry | |
#68555 | measly | |
#69348 | scurvy | |
#77165 | woeful | |
#92197 | piteous | |
#104149 | twinge | |
#115306 | scummy | |
#119822 | pitiable | |
#143060 | execrable | |
#156236 | paroxysm | |
#254604 | distraint |
How to use suffering in a sentence?
Our work will not make up for the failure of America's war in Afghanistan, but there is something redemptive and human about this mission : alleviating suffering rather than causing it, some people in this group have cited that this is some of the finest work they have done in their lives. And doing this feels far more connected to helping people than did my on-the-ground when I was deployed as an infantry officer.
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.
I stand in solidarity with the people of Puerto Rico who have been suffering and struggling under this very corrupt government for far too long, they are saying enough is enough. I join them in calling for this governor's resignation. They can then begin to find a leader who will truly listen to their concerns and work for their interests.
Officers arrived and located multiple victims. At this time, we have a total of nine victims suffering from gunshot wounds as a result of the shooting, of the nine, one of the adult victims is deceased.
Even those living in the most remote communities in Liberia, where Ebola has not been detected, are suffering the economic side effects of this terrible disease, Relief efforts must focus not only on those directly affected by the virus, but also on those in the poorest communities for whom market access, mobility, and food security continue to get worse.
Translations for suffering
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- معاناةArabic
- страданиеBulgarian
- སྡུག་བསྔལ་བརྒྱད།Tibetan Standard
- patimentCatalan, Valencian
- utrpení, trpícíCzech
- dioddefaintWelsh
- lidelseDanish
- leidend, LeidenGerman
- fukpekpeEwe
- βάσανοGreek
- suferoEsperanto
- sufrimiento, sufridoSpanish
- رنج کشیدنPersian
- kärsivä, tuskissaan oleva, kärsimysFinnish
- douleur, souffranceFrench
- sufrimentoGalician
- szenvedésHungarian
- þjáðurIcelandic
- sofferenzaItalian
- 苦しみ, 苦痛Japanese
- passionisLatin
- kentėjimas, kančiaLithuanian
- lidelseNorwegian
- lijdenDutch
- lidingNorwegian Nynorsk
- lidelseNorwegian
- cierpieniePolish
- sofrendo, sofrimentoPortuguese
- suferință, păsRomanian
- страданиеRussian
- दुःखSanskrit
- lidandeSwedish
- வேத்னைப்படுதல்Tamil
- khổVietnamese
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