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Suffering - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Suffering : adj
1: troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
2: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn: miserable,
wretched]
(noun)
1: a state of acute pain [syn: agony, excruciation]
2: misery resulting from affliction [syn: woe]
3: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
great distress" [syn: distress, hurt]
4: feelings of mental or physical pain [syn: hurt]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Suffer \Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Suffering.] [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir,
F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub
under _ ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See Bear to
support.]
1. To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit
to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain
of body, or grief of mind.
2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to
sustain; to bear up under.
Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer
and support our pains. --Milton.
3. To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience;
as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to
air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.
If your more ponderous and settled project May
suffer alteration. --Shak.
4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not
suffer sin upon him. --Lev. xix.
17.
I suffer them to enter and possess. --Milton.
Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit;
tolerate. See Permit.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Suffering : \Suf"fer*ing\, 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. ``Souls in
sufferings tried.'' --Keble.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Suffering : \Suf"fer*ing\, a.
Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
-- Suf"fer*ing*ly, adv.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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