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suffering

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. suffering (noun)
  2. suffer (verb)
  3. church suffering (noun)
  4. long-suffering (adjective)

suffering

noun

Definition of SUFFERING

1
: the state or experience of one that suffers
2
: pain
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Examples of SUFFERING

  1. ways to alleviate human suffering
  2. They hope these new drugs will help to bring an end to the suffering of arthritis patients.
  3. His lawsuit seeks damages for pain and suffering.
  4. the sufferings of the dying

First Known Use of SUFFERING

14th century

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