Dictionary definition for: Suffering
2. (s) troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
3. (n) misery resulting from affliction
4. (s) very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable" "a message of hope for suffering humanity" "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
5. (n) psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
6. (n) feelings of mental or physical pain
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