Definition of 'suffering'

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1. (noun) agony, suffering, excruciation
a state of acute pain

2. (noun) suffering, woe
misery resulting from affliction

3. (noun) distress, hurt, suffering
psychological suffering
"the death of his wife caused him great distress"

4. (noun) suffering, hurt
feelings of mental or physical pain

5. (adj) suffering
troubled by pain or loss
"suffering refugees"

6. (adj) miserable, suffering, wretched
very unhappy; full of misery
"he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

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