suffering
US: /ˈsəfɝɪŋ/, /ˈsəfɹɪŋ/
UK: /sˈʌfəɹɪŋ/
UK: /sˈʌfəɹɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
suffering /'sʌfəriɳ/
- danh từ
- sự đau đớn, sự đau khổ
- sự đau đớn, sự đau khổ
- tính từ
- đau đớn, đau khổ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] physical or mental pain: Death finally brought an end to her suffering. + This war has caused widespread human suffering.
2 (sufferings) [pl.] feelings of pain and unhappiness: The hospice aims to ease the sufferings of the dying.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
pain, agony, distress, misery, affliction, hardship, torment, torture, tribulation, trial:
The man's suffering is written in his face.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
great, intense, terrible, unbearable | needless, unnecessary | widespread | human | mental, physical
The taunts of her schoolmates caused her intense mental suffering.
QUANT.
amount
The western world has contributed to the immense amount of suffering in underdeveloped countries.
VERB + SUFFERING
cause (sb), inflict | increase | alleviate, ease, reduce, relieve
These tablets should relieve his suffering for a couple of hours.
| endure, experience
PHRASES
pain and suffering
His life was one of pain and suffering.
Concise English dictionary
sufferings'sʌfərɪŋ
noun
+a state of acute pain
+misery resulting from affliction
+psychological suffering
+feelings of mental or physical pain
adj.
+troubled by pain or loss
+very unhappy; full of misery
suffers|suffered|suffering'sʌfə(r)
verb
+undergo or be subjected to
+undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
+endure (emotional pain)
+put up with something or somebody unpleasant
+get worse
+feel pain or be in pain
+feel physical pain
+undergo or suffer
+feel unwell or uncomfortable
+be given to
+be set at a disadvantage
