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suffering

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suffering

Adjective

∙ Experiencing pain.

Noun

∙ The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.

Verb

∙ present participle of suffer

suffer

Verb

∙ To undergo hardship. intransitive
∙ To feel pain. intransitive
∙ To have a disease or condition. intransitive, construed with from
∙ To become worse. intransitive
∙ To endure, undergo. transitive
∙ To allow. transitive, archaic

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