suffering

suffering /'sʌfəriɳ/
  • danh từ
    • sự đau đớn, sự đau khổ
    • tính từ
      • đau đớn, đau khổ

    Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): sufferer, suffering, sufferance, suffer, insufferable, insufferably

    Xem thêm: agony, excruciation, woe, distress, hurt, hurt, miserable, wretched, endure, sustain, have, get, digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, put up, hurt, hurt, ache, meet, lose



    suffering

    Từ điển Collocation

    suffering noun

    ADJ. great, intense, terrible, unbearable | needless, unnecessary | widespread | human | mental, physical The taunts of her schoolmates caused her intense mental suffering.

    QUANT. amount The western world has contributed to the immense amount of suffering in underdeveloped countries.

    VERB + SUFFERING cause (sb), inflict | increase | alleviate, ease, reduce, relieve These tablets should relieve his suffering for a couple of hours. | endure, experience

    PHRASES pain and suffering His life was one of pain and suffering.

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • a state of acute pain; agony, excruciation
    • misery resulting from affliction; woe
    • psychological suffering; distress, hurt

      the death of his wife caused him great distress

    • feelings of mental or physical pain; hurt

      adj.

    • troubled by pain or loss

      suffering refugees

    • very unhappy; full of misery; miserable, wretched

      he felt depressed and miserable

      a message of hope for suffering humanity

      wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages

      v.

    • undergo or be subjected to; endure

      He suffered the penalty

      Many saints suffered martyrdom

    • undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); sustain, have, get

      She suffered a fracture in the accident

      He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars

      She got a bruise on her leg

      He got his arm broken in the scuffle

    • endure (emotional pain)

      Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers

    • put up with something or somebody unpleasant; digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, put up

      I cannot bear his constant criticism

      The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks

      he learned to tolerate the heat

      She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage

    • get worse

      His grades suffered

    • feel pain or be in pain; hurt
    • feel physical pain; hurt, ache

      Were you hurting after the accident?

    • undergo or suffer; meet

      meet a violent death

      suffer a terrible fate

    • feel unwell or uncomfortable

      She is suffering from the hot weather

    • be given to

      She suffers from a tendency to talk too much

    • be set at a disadvantage; lose

      This author really suffers in translation

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    sufferings
    syn.: agony distress excruciation hurt miserable woe wretched    suffers|suffered|suffering
    syn.: bear endure experience stand tolerate undergo