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suffering

[ suhf-er-ing, suhf-ring ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the state of a person or thing that suffers.
Synonyms: distress, pain, torture, torment, agony
Often sufferings. something suffered by a person or a group of people; pain:
the sorrows and sufferings of our poorest citizens.

suffering

/ ˈsʌfrɪŋ; ˈsʌfərɪŋ /

First recorded in 1350–1400; suffer + -ing ¹( def )

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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