Suffering meaning

What does “suffering” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“suffering” is a noun and adjective with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a state of acute pain.

suffering

noun

  1. a state of acute pain

  2. misery resulting from affliction

    Synonymswoe
  3. psychological suffering

    “the death of his wife caused him great distress”

    Synonymsdistresshurt
  4. feelings of mental or physical pain

    Synonymshurt

adjective

  1. troubled by pain or loss

    “suffering refugees”

  2. very unhappy; full of misery

    “he felt depressed and miserable”

    “a message of hope for suffering humanity”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University