Suffering

/ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/

Synonyms for "suffering" (123 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(9 words)

distress afflicted afflictions agony ailing anguishing bear calamity calvary

acheaches and painsaching admissive adversity afflicted affliction agonized agony allowance allowing anguish anxiety blow care consenting

Strong matches (37)

convulsed cramp crucified cut discomfort distress distressed dolor evil grief hardship harrowed hell hurt hurtingin distressin painindulgent injury lacerated

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lax lenient lesion malaise martyred martyrized

Noun(9 words)

distressed distresses endureepisode of painexcruciation experience hurt incur martyrdom

Adjective(2 words)

intense painmiserable

Related words (61)

Noun(12 words)

miseries misery misfortune pain pained pains sorrows sustain tragedy tribulations undergo woe

misery misfortunenasty blownonprohibitiveon the rackordeal pain pained pang passion patience penance permissive permitting poverty privation rack racked schmerz self-denial

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shock smart soresore spotsorrow spasm stressstress of lifestroketender spotthroes tolerant tolerating torment tormented torture tortured trial tribulation trouble twistedunder the harrowunprohibitive wound wounded wrench wrung

Adjective(1 words)

painful

Adjective(1 words)

wretched

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

14 entries

adversity conditioncondition descriptoremotional stateevent experience hurting incident miserableness misery occurrence pain painfulness wretchedness

More specific

16 entries

acute sufferingagony ailing anguish decline delays hardship injury loss losses misery painedprolonged sufferingsetbacks torment unwell

Collocations

16 entries

chronic sufferingextreme sufferinghuman sufferingmass sufferingmoral sufferingphysical sufferingprolonged sufferingsevere sufferingstate of sufferingsuffer damagessuffer delayssuffer hardshipsuffer injuriessuffer lossessuffer painsuffering patients

Inflections

5 entries

more sufferingmost sufferingsuffered sufferings suffers

Derivations

5 entries

suffer sufferable sufferance sufferer sufferingly

similar

2 entries

troubled unhappy

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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