Suffering synonyms
sŭf'ər-ĭng, sŭf'rĭng
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Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
pain (related)
Pain is any sort of mental or physical suffering or distress.
A violent, intense struggle, especially the struggle that precedes death.
A disease; a malady.
Having a painful ailment
happy (related)
A state of prolonged anguish and privation
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A cause or source of suffering:
Ache means to feel persistent sadness, pain, discomfort or desire, either physically or mentally.
To regard as true beyond doubt:
difficulty (related)
Trouble, distress, etc., or a cause of this
An instance of misfortune; calamity
Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
Mental or bodily distress.
Harm, wrong, or damage
A disease.
The amount of something lost:
Great sorrow; grief; misery
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A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.
A distressing occurrence:
A source or cause of sorrow; a misfortune:
Patient endurance, especially of pain or distress.
Travail is defined as very hard work, especially painful work or work that requires a lot of labor.
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happiness (antonym)
The definition of happiness is the state of joy, peace and tranquility.
joy (antonym)
Dryden
Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.
Some excruciating pain.
To be sufficient for (a need, for example); fulfill:
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To tolerate; bear; endure
To continue in existence; endure:
To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
To bear, or put up with (someone or something not especially liked)
To maintain an upright or vertical position on a base or support:
To support or hold up; sustain
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To hold up under (pain, fatigue, etc.); stand; bear; undergo
To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
To wander from or become ignorant of:
To be successful in coming or going:
To encourage (something).
To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
(Archaic) To experience; learn or know by experience
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To have a sensation, limited experience, or anticipating sense (of something)
(Figuratively) To understand.
To have experience of; personally encounter or feel; meet with; undergo
To feel deep sorrow or express it as by weeping or wailing; mourn; grieve
To allow oneself to be subjected to something:
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To afford opportunity; allow:
The definition of languish is to fail to advance or move forward, or to grow weak.
To cause to feel or suffer anguish.
The definition of allow means to permit or to give permission.
To suffer extreme pain:
To escort deferentially:
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To let another, esp. a motorist, have the right of way
To give sanction to
To give justification for; warrant
To yield to or satisfy (a desire); give oneself up to
(--- Sports) To allow (a goal or point, for example) to be scored by the opposing team or player.
To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
To allow or warrant
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The definition of acquiesce means to give in or go along with something without protesting, even if you don't really want to.
(Intransitive) To become ill.
(Computing) To signal (an event).
(Intransitive) To lose all enthusiasm or happiness.
In a smart way
To put together in a lump or lumps
To withstand is to be able to successfully cope with something or to be able to resist or remain unaffected by something.
To take in; absorb; engulf; envelop
(Informal) To take on the responsibility or obligation for:
enjoying (antonym)
To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
rejecting (antonym)
To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.
refusing (antonym)
To decline
disallowing (antonym)
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
aiding (antonym)
To give help or relief (to); assist
relieving (antonym)
To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the seige on. [from 16th c.]
alleviating (antonym)
To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.
comforting (antonym)
(Law) To help; aid
recovering (antonym)
To cause to be restored to a normal or usual condition:
participating (related)
To share in something:
starvation (related)
humiliation (related)
guilt (related)
injustice (related)
sin (related)
persecution (related)
oppression (related)
hardship (related)
hunger (related)
impotence (related)
An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:
fighting (antonym)
To fight is defined as to participate in a physical or verbal disagreement, or to face something and struggle through it.
helping (antonym)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
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