1. Psychological suffering
   "the death of his wife caused him great suffering";
   - distress, hurt
    
2. A state of acute pain
   "Her suffering was evident in her facial expression";
   - agony, excruciation
    
3. Misery resulting from affliction
   "The drought brought great suffering to the farmers";
   - woe
    
4. Feelings of mental or physical pain
   "The refugee's suffering was evident in her haunted eyes";
   - hurt

1. Troubled by pain or loss
   "suffering refugees"
    
2. Very unhappy; full of misery
   "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
   - miserable, wretched

1. Feel ill, be uncomfortable or in pain
   "Were you suffering after the accident?";
   - hurt, ache
    
2. Undergo or be subjected to
   "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom";
   - endure
    
3. Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
   "She suffered a fracture in the accident";
   - sustain, have, get
    
4. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   "The new secretary had to suffer a lot of unprofessional remarks";
   - digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, put up
    
5. Get worse in quality
   "His grades suffered"
    
6. Undergo or suffer
   "suffer a terrible fate";
   - meet
    
7. Be given to
   "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
    
8. Be set at a disadvantage
   "This author really suffers in translation";
   - lose

Derived forms: sufferings

See also: troubled, unhappy

Type of: allow, be given, countenance, decline, experience, feel, get, go through, have, hurting, incline, lean, let, miserableness, misery, pain, painfulness, permit, receive, run, see, tend, worsen, wretchedness

Encyclopedia: Suffering