suffering
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suffering
- /ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/
- /ˈsʌfɹɪŋ/
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, suffer + -ing. Mostly displaced English bale (“suffering, woe, torment”) and English woe.
adjective
noun 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 state
verb
- present participle and gerund of suffer
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: agony, distress, hurt, troubled, woe, sad, wretched, miserable, unhappy, ordeal, pain, afflicting, affliction, anguish, scourge, hurting
Translations
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adj experiencing pain
| Español | sufrido, sufriente |
|---|---|
| Português | sofrendo, sofrido |
| Français | souffrance, douleur |
| Deutsch | leidend |
| Română | suferință |
| Русский | страда́ющий stradájuščij |
noun condition
| Español | sufrimiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고통 gotong, 괴로움 goeroum |
| 日本語 | 苦痛 kutsū, 苦しみ kurushimi |
| 中文 | 苦痛 kǔtòng |
| हिन्दी | दुःख duḥkh, पीड़ा pīṛā, कष्ट kaṣṭ |
| Português | sofrimento |
| Français | souffrance |
| Deutsch | Leiden |
| Italiano | sofferenza |
| Ελληνικά | βάσανο vásano |
| Română | suferință, păs |
| Русский | страда́ние stradánije, му́ка múka |
| Tiếng Việt | khổ |
| العربية | مُعَانَاة muʕānāh |
| עברית | סֵבֶל sével, יִסּוּרִים yisurim |
Talk about this word "suffering." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/suffering. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. suffering. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/suffering "suffering." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/suffering.Cite this
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title = {suffering},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suffering},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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