SUFFERING as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • feelings of mental or physical pain
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) suffering is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • psychological suffering
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the death of his wife caused him great distress
    Hypernyms(s) suffering is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • a state of acute pain
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) suffering is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • misery resulting from affliction
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) suffering is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

SUFFERING as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • very unhappy
    • full of misery
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he felt depressed and miserable
    • a message of hope for suffering humanity
    • wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
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  2. Meaning
    • troubled by pain or loss
    Usage Example(s)
    • suffering refugees
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