Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The condition of one who suffers; the bearing of pain or distress.
- noun An instance of pain or distress.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; also, pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred
- adjective Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Experiencing
pain . syn. - noun The condition of someone who suffers; a state of
pain ordistress . - verb Present participle of
suffer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very unhappy; full of misery
- noun misery resulting from affliction
- noun feelings of mental or physical pain
- noun psychological suffering
- adjective troubled by pain or loss
- noun a state of acute pain
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Examples
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He takes the case: '_A negro is a fellow-creature_: therefore, _A negro in suffering is a fellow-creature in suffering_.'
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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But when we speak of suffering, we do not speak of a _dull neglected suffering_, but of _a wise and industrious suffering_, which draweth and contriveth _use and advantage out of that which seemeth adverse and contrary_, which is that properly which we call _accommodating_ or _applying_.
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835
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Are we yet again suffering from the vagaries of WordPress and its crappy handling of the comments?
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This doesn't mean that I agree with their decisions, but one thing I can't in good conscience do is claim that they've been lax as UUs when they come to different conclusions or that they are ignoring suffering when they've concluded that what I label suffering and immorality is not suffering or immorality.
Philocrites: This week at uuworld.org: Heroes' dilemma. 2006
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Governor Aycock lived nearly through his term suffering the inconvenience
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When I use the word "suffering" I know what I am talking about.
Abigail E. Disney: A Commitment to Alzheimer's Abigail E. Disney 2012
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When I use the word "suffering" I know what I am talking about.
Abigail E. Disney: A Commitment to Alzheimer's Abigail E. Disney 2012
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Tax the rich, lets make Rush happy at all costs, his suffering is my pleasure. hahaha
Senate health care bill price tag: $849 billion, CBO says 2009
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The opposition leader says the campaign is intended to identify with what he calls the suffering of tens of thousands of Ugandans who cannot afford the high cost of transportation.
Ugandan Opposition leader Vows to Lead Another 'Walk-to-Work' Campaign 2011
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This, he opines, is much better than human rights commissions and tribunals which he describes as suffering from "blowback".
Archive 2009-05-01 Alison 2009
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