long-suffering
[lawng-suhf-er-ing, -suhf-ring, long-]
adjective
enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
noun
long and patient endurance of injury, trouble, or provocation: years of long-suffering and illness.
RELATED WORDS
submissive, subdued, deferential, serene, passive, gentle, docile, timid, unassuming, unflappable, quiet, uninvolved, static, laid-back, nonviolent, indifferent, apathetic, forgiving, tolerant, calm
Origin of long-suffering
First recorded in 1520–30
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Patience and longsuffering without joy are apt to be cold, chilly, unattractive.
The Prayers of St. PaulW. H. Griffith Thomas
Again the favourite “all” expresses the universality of the patience and longsuffering.
The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and PhilemonAlexander Maclaren
“Jupiter is longsuffering to the benighted,” returned the catechist.
FablesRobert Louis Stevenson
Henceforth let us be reverent; let us fear the longsuffering of God, lest it turn into a judgment against us.
The Expositor's Bible:Alfred Plummer
Mercy and longsuffering are qualities that we share with God Himself, in which God was, and is, "manifest in the flesh."
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the GalatiansG. G. Findlay
long-suffering
adjective
noun Also: long-sufferance
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