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sufferings

Syllables: suf·fer·ings/ˈsʌfəɹɪŋz/

sufferings is the plural of suffering.

Meaning of suffering

Noun

suffering (countable and uncountable, plural sufferings)

  1. 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

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Questions about sufferings

What is sufferings the plural of?
Sufferings is the plural of suffering.
How do you pronounce sufferings?
Sufferings is pronounced /ˈsʌfəɹɪŋz/.

Words near sufferings in the dictionary

  1. suffering risk
  2. suffering risks
  3. suffering Sappho
  4. suffering succotash
  5. sufferingly
  6. sufferings
  7. Suffern
  8. sufferner
  9. sufferners
  10. Sufferns
  11. suffers

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