ADJECTIVE | all | longanimous, forbearing | showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity |
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Meaning | showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment. | |
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Example | "was longanimous in the face of suffering" | |
Synonym | forbearing | |
Broader | patient | enduring trying / trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance |
Spanish | sufrido | |
Catalan | sofert | |
Nouns | longanimity | good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence |
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