suffering

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Meaning

suffer

  1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
  2. (intransitive) To feel pain.
  3. (intransitive) To become worse.
  4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To allow.

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Synonyms

pain
A2
distress
C1
affliction
20k
hardship
C2
trouble
A1
misery
B2
agony
C1
sorrow
B2
torment
C1
anguish
C2
grief
B2
difficulty
C1
hurt
A1
torture
B2
tribulation
sadness
C1
woe
C2
enduring
C2
painful
B2
calamity
C2
trial
B1
miserable
B2
tired
A2
😫
punishment
B2
afflicted
20k
ache
C1
bitterness
C2
tribulations
38k
heartache
C2
troubles
B2
experiencing
C1
excruciation
impoverishment
pang
C2
wretched
C1
disaster
B2
anxiety
C1
travail
heat
B1
suffer
B1
hardships
C2
privation
problem
A1
remorse
C1
cross
B1
feeling
A1
penalty
B2
annoyance
30k
persecution
C2
distressed
C2
Translations

souffrance
sofferenza
sufrimiento
Leiden
douleur
sofrimento
peine
pena
dolore
Leid
sofriment
dolor
lijden
patimento
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/
Etymology

By surface analysis, suffer + -ing.

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