Definition
Meaning of 'suffering'
Meaning of 'suffering' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Suffering 
[ a.]
- Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress,
etc. [ a.]2. Suffering [ n.]
- The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain
endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or
sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. [ n.]3. Suffering [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Suffer [ p. pr. & vb. n.]Meaning of 'suffering' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. suffering [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- psychological suffering
- psychological suffering
Example in sentence:
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
2. suffering [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- very unhappy; full of misery
- very unhappy; full of misery
Example in sentence:
- a message of hope for suffering humanity;
- he felt depressed and miserable;
- wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages
Meaning (3):
- troubled by pain or loss
- troubled by pain or loss
Example in sentence:
- suffering refugees
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