| NOUN | state | suffering, agony, excruciation | a state of acute pain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Troubled by pain or loss. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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