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

  • (..) The venom puts the subject in a dissociative state. And they torture him. With shocks and beatings, and strip down his identity. And then all of that suffering and fear is redirected. Associated with other memories or a person. They can change his memories of Katniss? (..)
    2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1