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suffering
/ ˈsʌfrɪŋ; ˈsʌfərɪŋ /
noun
- the pain, misery, or loss experienced by a person who suffers
- the state or an instance of enduring pain, etc
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Derived Forms
- ˈsufferingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- suffer·ing·ly adverb
- un·suffer·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of suffering1
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Example Sentences
In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
The program—weirdly—is now under the umbrella of ABC News, and is suffering from flat ratings and an aging demographic.
It seemed gratuitous and counter-intuitive in a story that had already inflicted more than enough suffering.
Instead, most of the suffering species ate insects on the forest floor.
Another man chimes in: “Today we are living at the edge of suffering.”
In the year of misery, of agony and suffering in general he had endured, he had settled upon one theory.
There is, perhaps, in this childish suffering often something more than the sense of being homeless and outcast.
They are unquestionably penitent now; but then, you know, they have the recollection of very recent suffering fresh upon them.
Because if that was to atone for man's sin, it was needless, as God could have forgiven man without Himself suffering.
The General in command of the station was a feeble old man, suffering from senile decay.
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