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sufferfests

sufferfests is the plural of sufferfest.

Meaning of sufferfest

Noun

sufferfest (plural sufferfests)

  1. A workout or race in the arena of endurance sports that involves prolonged suffering on the part of all who participate.
  2. (broadly) An activity in which all participants ache, agonize, ail, endure.
    • And if that happened, they were in for a year-long sufferfest.2012, Owen West, The Snake Eaters: An Unlikely Band of Brothers and the Battle for the Soul of Iraq

Questions about sufferfests

What is sufferfests the plural of?
Sufferfests is the plural of sufferfest.

Words near sufferfests in the dictionary

  1. sufferer
  2. sufferers
  3. sufferest
  4. suffereth
  5. sufferfest
  6. sufferfests
  7. sufferin'
  8. sufferin' succotash
  9. suffering
  10. suffering catfish
  11. suffering cats

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