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Webster 1913 Edition
Suffering
Suf′fer-ing
,Noun.
The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred;
“Souls in sufferings tried.” as,
sufferings
by pain or sorrow; sufferings
by want or by wrongs. Keble.
Suf′fer-ing
,Adj.
Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
– Suf′fer-ing-ly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suffering
SUF'FERING
,ppr.
SUF'FERING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
suffering
suffering
English
Adjective
suffering
Synonyms
Translations
experiencing pain
Noun
suffering (countable and uncountable, plural sufferings)
- The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
- 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
- Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.
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Translations
condition
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Verb
suffering
- present participle of suffer