suffering
adj. US //ˈsəfɝɪŋ// UK //sˈʌfəɹɪŋ// suf·fer·ing
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1 experiencing pain (adj.) B2 Upper Intermediatefeeling pain or going through a difficult time.
experiencing physical or mental distress; often used in a predicative position or to describe a specific group.
ExampleThe doctor visited the suffering patients in the emergency room.
ExampleThe government provided immediate financial aid to the suffering farmers whose crops were destroyed by the unseasonal frost.
By surface analysis, suffer + -ing.
- Verbsuffer
- Nounsufferer
- Nounsuffering
- Adjectiveinsufferable