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

  • (..) I would beg and borrow to get your dower money. But I don't have the money to pay for extortion. Our child is going through adolescence. She is suffering. So you understand the sensitivity of her adolescence. If she was suffering she wouldn't have stayed. Why do you think she stayed? Did she choose you? To keep us from separating. She knows I won't go anywhere without her. She is suffering but she doesn't show it. Call them now and say I won't pay until it's been proved to me that I am responsible. (..)
    2011 A Separation