suffering


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suffering
n. state in which one endures some difficulty or misfortune, distress, hardship, pain, agony
 
suffer
v. feel pain, experience loss or harm, endure misfortune; be punished; tolerate, endure; stand, bear; allow, permit

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Suffering
Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, may be an experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. Suffering is the basic element that makes up the negative valence of affective phenomena. The opposite of suffering is pleasure, or happiness.

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suffering

Noun
1. a state of acute pain
(synonym) agony, excruciation
(hypernym) pain, hurting
(hyponym) throe
(derivation) hurt, ache, suffer
2. misery resulting from affliction
(synonym) woe
(hypernym) misery, wretchedness
(derivation) suffer
3. psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
(synonym) distress, hurt
(hypernym) pain, painfulness
(hyponym) anguish, torment, torture
(derivation) suffer
4. feelings of mental or physical pain
(synonym) hurt
(hypernym) pain, painfulness
(hyponym) agony, torment, torture
(derivation) hurt, ache, suffer

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

 
suffer

Verb
1. undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
(synonym) endure
(antonym) enjoy
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
(hyponym) tolerate
2. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
(synonym) sustain, have, get
(hypernym) experience, receive, have, get, undergo
(hyponym) break down, collapse
(verb-group) have
(derivation) sick person, diseased person, sufferer
3. endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
(hypernym) feel, experience
(hyponym) agonize, agonise
(verb-group) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, put up
(derivation) martyr, sufferer
4. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
(synonym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, put up
(hypernym) permit, allow, let, countenance
(hyponym) accept, live with, swallow
(derivation) toleration, acceptance, sufferance
5. get worse; "His grades suffered"
(hypernym) worsen, decline
(verb-group) lose
6. feel pain or be in pain
(synonym) hurt
(antonym) be well
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) have
(derivation) sick person, diseased person, sufferer
7. feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
(synonym) hurt, ache
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(hyponym) catch, get
(derivation) sick person, diseased person, sufferer
8. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
(synonym) meet
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
9. feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) freeze
10. be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
(hypernym) tend, be given, lean, incline, run
11. be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"
(synonym) lose
(hypernym) worsen, decline


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suffering
n. utrpení; trpící
 
suffer
v. (u)trpět

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suffer
Czas. cierpieć (z powodu czegoś); ucierpieć; pogarszać się