suffering
Syllables: suf·fer·ing/ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/
suffering adjective: experiencing pain; characterized by suffering. Also the present participle and gerund of suffer.
Adjective
suffering
- Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
- Her last night was very suffering, the anodyne she took gave her no relief, and for the first time she lay till near noon.1839 August, Beacon, “The deathbed of Voltaire”, in Charles Benjamin Tayler, editor, The Christian Beacon, number 8, page 118
- My heart is full, but my body too suffering to go on.1862, Ruth Bryan, Handfuls of purpose, page 427
Noun
suffering (countable and uncountable, plural sufferings)
- The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
- "The Japanese imperialists enforced the harshest colonial rule in history over Korea, bringing unspeakably horrible misfortune and sufferings and disasters to the Korean nation," said a spokesman for the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea, according to the...2010 August 22, “North Korea demands apology, reparations from Japan over colonization”, in CNN
- Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian
Also used as
suffering is also the present participle and gerund of suffer.
suffering meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
suffering in Hindi
- condition
- दुःख duḥkh, पीड़ा pīṛā, कष्ट kaṣṭ
suffering in Tamil
- condition
- வேத்னைப்படுதல் vētṉaippaṭutal, வேதனை vētaṉai
suffering in Marathi
- condition
- दुःख duḥkha
suffering in Urdu
- condition
- دکھ dukh, عذاب 'azāb
More languagesFewer languages
- suffering in Bengali
- পীড়া piṛa, সহন śohon
- suffering in Sanskrit
- दुःख duḥkha
- suffering in Nepali
- दुख dukh
- suffering in Pashto
- عذاب azãb
- suffering in Tagalog
- pagdurusa
- suffering in Arabic
- مُعَانَاة muʕānāh
- suffering in Malay
- penderitaan, azab
- suffering in Persian
- عذاب 'azâb
- suffering in Thai
- ความทรมาน kwaam-tɔɔ-rá-maan, ทุกข์ túk
- suffering in Vietnamese
- khổ
- suffering in Myanmar
- ဒုက္ခ dukhka.
Examples of suffering in a sentence
- Just to hear them was very suffering ...2005, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, Assisted Dying for the...
- I was listening her because she was telling me she was very suffering and that she was praying for her pains, for sinners, for poor, for ill people and for afflicted.2014, Silvia Michela Carrassi, Travels Through Spirit, page 114:
Synonyms of suffering
Forms of suffering
| plural | sufferings |
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Origin of suffering
By surface analysis, suffer + -ing.
Words formed from suffering
Phrases with suffering
Questions about suffering
- What does suffering mean?
- Suffering means experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
- What is suffering in Hindi?
- Suffering in Hindi is दुःख (duḥkh), पीड़ा (pīṛā), कष्ट (kaṣṭ). See Suffering meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use suffering in a sentence?
- Just to hear them was very suffering ...
- What part of speech is suffering?
- Suffering can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce suffering?
- Suffering is pronounced /ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/.
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