suffering

SUF-ur-ing/ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/

Pluralsufferings

3 meanings of suffering

1
nouncountable or uncountable
A state of pain, sadness, or great hardship.
Like a heavy weight of pain that sits on someone for a long time.
The war caused great suffering for many families.
Medicine can help ease a sick person's suffering.
Similarpain, distress, misery, hardship, anguish
Oppositecomfort, relief, happiness
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2
adjective
Feeling pain or going through a hard time.
The suffering children needed food and warm clothes.
Doctors did their best to comfort the suffering patients.
Similarhurt, aching, pained, sore, tormented
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3
verb
Present participle of suffer. Use this form when something is happening right now.
She is suffering from a bad cold this week.
The plants are suffering because of the long heat wave.
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suffering is a form of suffer

suffer, verb: To feel pain in your body or your mind. Full entry

Forms: suffersuffers he/she/itsuffering -ing formsuffered past tense, past participle
Spelling: suffer → suffering: add -ing

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Origin

This word comes from "suffer" plus the ending "-ing".