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

  • (..) Here. (Car alarm) Somebody's gotta fix that. Stop. Let's not wake up David. He's suffering th degree burns over percent of his body. Lower spine has been severed. If he survives. He'll be paralyzed from the waist down, confined to a wheel chair. (..)
    2014 RoboCop