suffering meaning and definition

SUFFERING noun

Definition of suffering (noun)

1. a state of acute pain
   • synonyms: agony, excruciation
2. misery resulting from affliction
   • synonyms: woe
3. psychological suffering
   • "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
   • synonyms: distress, hurt
4. feelings of mental or physical pain
   • synonyms: hurt

SUFFERING adjective

Definition of suffering (adjective)

1. troubled by pain or loss
   • "suffering refugees"
2. very unhappy; full of misery
   • "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
   • synonyms: miserable, wretched