suffering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: suffering	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for suffering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suffering adj troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees" very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" Synonym(s): miserable, suffering, wretched n a state of acute pain [syn: agony, suffering, excruciation] misery resulting from affliction Synonym(s): suffering, woe psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress" Synonym(s): distress, hurt, suffering feelings of mental or physical pain Synonym(s): suffering, hurt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suffer \Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffering}.] [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir, F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See {Bear} to support.] 1. To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind. 2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under. Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains. --Milton. 3. To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage. If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration. --Shak. 4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. --Lev. xix. 17. I suffer them to enter and possess. --Milton. Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit; tolerate. See {Permit}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suffering \Suf"fer*ing\, n. The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. [bd]Souls in sufferings tried.[b8] --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suffering \Suf"fering\, a. Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc. -- {Suf"fering*ly}, adv.