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 clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to describe your perfect world. But I believe that ... ... as a species ... ... human beings define their reality through misery ... ... and suffering. So the perfect world was a dream ... ... that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from. Which is why the Matrix was (..)
    1999 The Matrix