suffering — index adversity, discipline (punishment), distress (anguish), hardship, misfortune, pain, prostra … Law dictionary
Suffering — Suf fer*ing, n. 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. Souls in sufferings tried. Keble. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Suffering — Suf fer*ing, a. Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc. {Suf fer*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suffering — patient enduring of hardship, mid 14c.; undergoing of punishment, affliction, etc., late 14c., from prp. of SUFFER (Cf. suffer) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
suffering — *distress, misery, agony, dolor, passion Analogous words: affliction, tribulation, *trial, visitation: adversity, *misfortune: *sorrow, grief, anguish, woe, heartache, heartbreak … New Dictionary of Synonyms
suffering — [n] pain, agony adversity, affliction, anguish, difficulty, discomfort, distress, dolor, hardship, martyrdom, misery, misfortune, ordeal, passion, torment, torture; concept 728 Ant. happiness, health, joy … New thesaurus
suffering — [suf′ər iŋ, suf′riŋ] n. 1. the bearing or undergoing of pain, distress, or injury 2. something suffered; pain, distress, or injury SYN. DISTRESS … English World dictionary
Suffering — This article is about suffering or pain in the broadest sense. For physical pain, see Pain. For other uses, see The Suffering. Tragic mask on the façade of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm Suffering, or pain in a broad sense,[1] is … Wikipedia
SUFFERING — The presence of suffering in the world poses a problem for religion insofar as it seems to contradict the notion of an all powerful benevolent God. It would seem that if God were good, He would not want His creatures to suffer, and if, all… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
suffering — For both Judaism and Christianity belief in the goodness of God has made the universal experience of suffering the supreme problem for theology. Broadly, two kinds of suffering are recognized in the Bible: that which comes upon us because of our… … Dictionary of the Bible
