suffering
adjective
1. troubled by pain or loss
- suffering refugees
Similar word(s): troubled
2. very unhappy; full of misery
- a message of hope for suffering humanity
noun
1. a state of acute pain
Similar word(s): agony, excruciation
Definition categories: state, hurting, pain
2. misery resulting from affliction
Similar word(s): woe
Definition categories: state, miserableness, misery, wretchedness
3. psychological suffering
Similar word(s): distress, hurt
Definition categories: feeling, pain, painfulness
4. feelings of mental or physical pain
Similar word(s): hurt
Definition categories: feeling, pain, painfulness
verb
1. present participle of suffer