English adjective: suffering | |||
1. | suffering troubled by pain or loss | ||
Samples | Suffering refugees. | ||
Similar | troubled | ||
Antonyms | untroubled | ||
2. | suffering very unhappy; full of misery | ||
Samples | He felt depressed and miserable. A message of hope for suffering humanity. Wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages. | ||
Synonyms | miserable, wretched | ||
Similar | unhappy | ||
Antonyms | happy | ||
English noun: suffering | |||
1. | suffering (state) a state of acute pain | ||
Synonyms | agony, excruciation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hurting, pain | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Passion, Passion of Christ, throe | ||
2. | suffering (state) misery resulting from affliction | ||
Synonyms | woe | ||
Broader (hypernym) | miserableness, misery, wretchedness | ||
3. | suffering (feeling) psychological suffering | ||
Samples | The death of his wife caused him great distress. | ||
Synonyms | distress, hurt | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pain, painfulness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anguish, self-torment, self-torture, torment, torture, tsoris, wound | ||
4. | suffering (feeling) feelings of mental or physical pain | ||
Synonyms | hurt | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pain, painfulness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | agony, discomfort, irritation, soreness, throes, torment, torture | ||