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suffering   (TTS Sound)

The noun suffering has 4 senses

• agony, suffering, excruciation -- (a state of acute pain)


• suffering, woe -- (misery resulting from affliction)


• distress, hurt, suffering -- (psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress")


• suffering, hurt -- (feelings of mental or physical pain)

The verb suffer has 11 senses

• suffer, endure -- (undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom")


• suffer, sustain, have, get -- (undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle")


• suffer -- (experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers")


• digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up -- (put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage")


• suffer -- (get worse; "His grades suffered")


• suffer, hurt -- (feel pain or be in pain)


• hurt, ache, suffer -- (feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?")


• suffer -- (feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather")


• suffer -- (be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much")


• suffer, meet -- (undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate")


• suffer, lose -- (be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation")

The adj suffering has 2 senses

• suffering -- (troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees")


• miserable, suffering, wretched -- (very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages")