a state of acute pain

psychological suffering; " the death of his wife caused him great distress"

very unhappy; full of misery; " he felt depressed and miserable"; " a message of hope for suffering humanity"; " wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"

misery resulting from affliction

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.

Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.

The bearing of physical or mental pain; the pain borne; loss or injury endured.

Distress, loss, or injury.

Anything suffered; pain; loss; injury.

Misery; distress.

The bearing of pain, inconvenience or loss; pain endured; distress, loss or injury incurred.

Undergoing pain or loss; permitting.

Now it was the idea that only Jeanne really loved him, that only Jeanne suffered through his suffering. – The Saint by Antonio Fogazzaro Commentator: William Roscoe Thayer

For all that, I can guard against Helen suffering actual hardship. – The Girl From Keller's Sadie's Conquest by Harold Bindloss

He is suffering to- day, and I wanted to save him the longer walk. – Thomas Wingfold, Curate by George MacDonald

Why, sir, how many suffering people there must be in this land! – History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by Wiliam H. Barnes

" You can imagine now," he said, " what I have been suffering. – A Maker of History by E. Phillips Oppenheim

" You are suffering- you are ill," he said. – The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle

Without a head nothing could be done with the sick and the suffering, for without a head there is no thinking. – Marie Antoinette And Her Son by Louise Muhlbach Official

Each in the other, Dorothy and she recognized suffering, and in a very few moments every thing was arranged between them. – Paul Faber, Surgeon by George MacDonald

" You would not be sorry if you knew why I am suffering," he muttered. – Quick Action by Robert W. Chambers

One might almost think you were suffering from an unhappy love- affair. – The Red Room by August Strindberg

Some chegoes have got into your feet, and if they are not taken out quickly they will cause you a great deal of suffering. – On the Banks of the Amazon by W.H.G. Kingston

But he had to be faced, and the pair went down into the drawing- room with a long- suffering expression on their faces. – At Love's Cost by Charles Garvice

" Do you mean that you have been suffering from this all this time? – Girls of the Forest by L. T. Meade

He does not write in good spirits, Stephen; he has been suffering a great deal lately. – Amy Herbert by Elizabeth Sewell

Long- suffering and loving Joe, you never complain. – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

It was a sad mistake for the poor fellows, and brought a great deal of suffering upon themselves and others. – The Freedmen's Book by Lydia Maria Child

" That man is suffering. – The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land by Ralph Connor

She was learning fast to- day in the book of human passion, suffering, and sin. – Outpost by J.G. Austin

His cousin Lella M'Barka Bent Djellab was with us,- very ill and suffering, but brave. – The Golden Silence by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson