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suffering

//ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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Forms

Plural
sufferings

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.

    • My heart is full, but my body too suffering to go on.
    • Just to hear them was very suffering ... It must have been so unbearable to have to yell like that.
    • Her last night was very suffering, the anodyne she took gave her no relief, and for the first time she lay till near noon.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.present participle and gerund of suffer

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti

Proto-Italic *ferō

Latin ferō

Latin suffero

Latin sufferre

Vulgar Latin *sufferīre

Old French suffrirbor.

Middle English suffren

English suffer

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