NOUN | state | suffering, agony, excruciation | a state of acute pain |
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state | suffering, woe | misery resulting from affliction | |
feeling | suffering, distress, hurt | psychological suffering | |
feeling | suffering, hurt | feelings of mental or physical pain | |
ADJECTIVE | all | suffering | troubled by pain or loss |
all | suffering, miserable, wretched | very unhappy |
Sounds | sah'ferihng; sah'frihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | Troubled by pain or loss. | |
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Example | "suffering refugees" | |
Broader | troubled | Characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need |
Spanish | sufrido |
Meaning | Very unhappy; full of misery. | |
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Example | "a message of hope for suffering humanity" | |
Synonyms | miserable, wretched | |
Broader | unhappy | Experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent |
Spanish | desdichado, desgraciado, miserable, mísero | |
Catalan | desgraciat, míser, miserable |
Meaning | A state of acute pain. | |
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Synonyms | agony, excruciation | |
Narrower | Passion, Passion of Christ | The suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion |
throe | severe spasm of pain | |
Broader | pain, hurting | A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
Spanish | agonía, sufrimiento | |
Catalan | agonia, sofriment | |
Verbs | suffer | feel pain or be in pain |
suffer | feel physical pain |
Meaning | misery resulting from affliction. | |
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Synonym | woe | |
Broader | misery, wretchedness, miserableness | A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune |
Spanish | padecimiento, sufrimiento | |
Catalan | sofriment | |
Verbs | suffer | experience (emotional) pain |
Meaning | psychological suffering. | |
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Synonyms | distress, hurt | |
Narrower | anguish, torment, torture | extreme / extreme mental distress |
self-torture, self-torment | self-imposed distress / distress | |
tsoris | (Yiddish) trouble and suffering | |
wound | A figurative injury (to your feelings or pride) | |
Broader | pain, painfulness | emotional distress |
Spanish | sufrimiento | |
Catalan | sofriment | |
Verbs | suffer | experience (emotional) pain |
Meaning | Feelings of mental or physical pain. | |
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Synonym | hurt | |
Narrower | agony, torment, torture | Intense feelings of suffering |
discomfort, soreness, irritation | An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | |
throes | Violent pangs of suffering | |
Broader | pain, painfulness | emotional distress |
Spanish | agonía, mal, martirio, sufrimiento, suplicio, tormento, tortura | |
Catalan | mal, martiri, sofriment, suplici, tortura, turment | |
Verbs | suffer | feel pain or be in pain |
suffer | feel physical pain |
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