Suffering

//ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ//

Synonyms for "suffering" (120 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Adjective(3 words)
achesomeachingachy
Noun(1 words)
agony

Strong matches (36)

Adjective(4 words)
grieffulhurthurtyin pain

Related words (60)

Adjective(2 words)
miserablewretched
Noun(2 words)
teenwoe

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

6 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

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dbpedia genre

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derived

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derived from

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form of

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is a

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part of

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related to

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similar

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Translations

139 translations across 82 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • vuajtje noun (condition)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • κόπος noun (condition)
  • πάθημα noun (condition)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُعَانَاة noun (condition)

Armenian

2 entries
  • չարչարանք noun (condition)
  • տառապանք noun (condition)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • əzab noun (condition)
  • əziyyət noun (condition)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • му́ка noun (condition)
  • паку́та noun (condition)
  • цярпе́нне noun (condition)

Bengali

2 entries
  • পীড়া noun (condition)
  • সহন noun (condition)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • страдащ adj (experiencing pain)
  • мъ́ка noun (condition)
  • страда́ние noun (condition)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဒုက္ခ noun (condition)

Catalan

1 entries
  • patiment noun (condition)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 苦痛 noun (condition)

Czech

3 entries
  • trpící adj (experiencing pain)
  • muka noun (condition)
  • utrpení noun (condition)

Danish

1 entries
  • lidelse noun (condition)

Dutch

1 entries
  • lijden noun (condition)

Erzya

1 entries
  • тарво noun (condition)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • suferanta adj (experiencing pain)
  • suferado noun (condition)
  • sufero noun (condition)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kannatus noun (condition)

Ewe

1 entries
  • fukpekpe noun (condition)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kärsivä adj (experiencing pain)
  • tuskainen adj (experiencing pain)
  • tuskissaan oleva adj (experiencing pain)
  • kärsimys noun (condition)

French

3 entries
  • douleur adj (experiencing pain)
  • souffrance adj (experiencing pain)
  • souffrance noun (condition)

Galician

2 entries
  • sufrido adj (experiencing pain)
  • sufrimento noun (condition)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ტანჯვა adj (experiencing pain)
  • ტანჯვა noun (condition)
  • წამება noun (condition)
  • წვალება noun (condition)

German

2 entries
  • leidend adj (experiencing pain)
  • Leiden noun (condition)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍃 adj (experiencing pain)
  • 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 noun (condition)

Greek

1 entries
  • βάσανο noun (condition)

Hanunoo

1 entries
  • agwanta adj (experiencing pain)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • יִסּוּרִים noun (condition)
  • סֵבֶל noun (condition)

Hindi

3 entries
  • कष्ट noun (condition)
  • दुःख noun (condition)
  • पीड़ा noun (condition)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szenvedés noun (condition)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • þjáður adj (experiencing pain)
  • þjáning noun (condition)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • tusakas adj (experiencing pain)

Italian

1 entries
  • sofferenza noun (condition)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries
  • sufferation adj (experiencing pain)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 苦しみ noun (condition)
  • 苦痛 noun (condition)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • зазира noun (condition)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • азап noun (condition)
  • қайғы-қасірет noun (condition)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • ūmhìe noun (condition)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កិលេស noun (condition)
  • ទុក្ខ noun (condition)

Korean

2 entries
  • 고통 noun (condition)
  • 괴로움 noun (condition)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • азап noun (condition)

Lao

2 entries
  • ທຸກ noun (condition)
  • ທຸກທໍລະມານ noun (condition)

Latvian

1 entries
  • ciešanas noun (condition)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • kančia noun (condition)
  • kentėjimas noun (condition)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • мака noun (condition)
  • страдање noun (condition)

Malay

2 entries
  • azab noun (condition)
  • penderitaan noun (condition)

Marathi

1 entries
  • दुःख noun (condition)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • зовлон noun (condition)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakapāwera noun (condition)

Nepali

1 entries
  • दुख noun (condition)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • lidelse noun (condition)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • liding noun (condition)

Old English

1 entries
  • þrōwung noun (condition)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • یانغین adj (experiencing pain)

Pali

1 entries
  • dukkha noun (condition)

Pashto

1 entries
  • عذاب noun (condition)

Persian

1 entries
  • عذاب noun (condition)

Polish

2 entries
  • cierpienie noun (condition)
  • męka noun (condition)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • sofrendo adj (experiencing pain)
  • sofrido adj (experiencing pain)
  • sofrimento noun (condition)

Romanian

3 entries
  • suferință adj (experiencing pain)
  • păs noun (condition)
  • suferință noun (condition)

Russian

3 entries
  • страда́ющий adj (experiencing pain)
  • му́ка noun (condition)
  • страда́ние noun (condition)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • दुःख adj (experiencing pain)
  • दुःख noun (condition)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mȕka noun (condition)
  • pàtnja noun (condition)
  • му̏ка noun (condition)
  • па̀тња noun (condition)

Slovak

2 entries
  • muka noun (condition)
  • utrpenie noun (condition)

Slovene

2 entries
  • muka noun (condition)
  • trpljenje noun (condition)

Spanish

3 entries
  • sufrido adj (experiencing pain)
  • sufriente adj (experiencing pain)
  • sufrimiento noun (condition)

Swedish

2 entries
  • lidande adj (experiencing pain)
  • lidande noun (condition)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pagdurusa noun (condition)

Tajik

1 entries
  • азоб noun (condition)

Tamil

2 entries
  • வேதனை noun (condition)
  • வேத்னைப்படுதல் noun (condition)

Tatar

1 entries
  • азап noun (condition)

Thai

2 entries
  • ความทรมาน noun (condition)
  • ทุกข์ noun (condition)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྡུག་བསྔལ་བརྒྱད། noun (condition)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • lakle noun (condition)

Turkish

1 entries
  • azap noun (condition)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • azap noun (condition)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • страждаючий adj (experiencing pain)
  • му́ка noun (condition)
  • стражда́ння noun (condition)
  • терпі́ння noun (condition)

Urdu

2 entries
  • دکھ noun (condition)
  • عذاب noun (condition)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئازاب noun (condition)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • azob noun (condition)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • khổ noun (condition)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dioddefaint noun (condition)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • יסורים noun (condition)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Why is life so full of suffering?

Source: tatoeba (1748)

Passion creates suffering.

Source: tatoeba (1751)

Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide.

Source: tatoeba (1904)

We are suffering from a severe water shortage this summer.

Source: tatoeba (22975)

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