suffering

Definition

  • noun: pain that is caused by injury, illness, loss, etc.
  • noun: the state or experience of one that 'suffers'
  • synonyms: endurance, permission, pain

Examples

  • They hope these new drugs will help to bring an end to the 'suffering' of arthritis patients.

  • When the Red Sox won the World Series, their 'long-suffering' fans could finally celebrate.

  • Before the surgery it was clear that she was really 'suffering'. [=was in pain]

Movie quotes

  • (..) himself to leave his wife. But apparently, he is in so much love with this other person that he has decided to leave Karen and plans to marry this other woman. And he has been suffering so much because he loves and respects his wife but he cannot go on without this other woman. Yeah? Yeah. (..)
    2016 Café Society
  • (..) But I don't see a future... Steve. Hey! We met downstairs. Absolutely. Bobby. Here's a New Yorker suffering from unrequited love. Hmm..uhmm. It's true! Oh no! Unrequited love kills more people in a year than tuberculosis. (..)
    2016 Café Society