suffering as in troubled by pain or loss
- "suffering refugees"
suffering as in very unhappy
- "full of misery"
- "he felt depressed and miserable"
- "a message of hope for suffering humanity"
- "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
Synonyms
- miserablevery unhappy; deserving or inciting pity; of the most contemptible kind; of very poor quality or condition; characterized by physical misery; contemptibly small in amount
- wretchedof very poor quality or condition; characterized by physical misery; very unhappy; morally reprehensible; deserving or inciting pity
suffering as in a state of acute pain
Synonyms
- agonyintense feelings of suffering; a state of acute pain
- excruciationa state of acute pain ; the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
suffering as in misery resulting from affliction
Synonyms
- woemisery resulting from affliction ; intense mournfulness
suffering as in psychological suffering
- "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
Synonyms
- distressbring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship ; cause mental pain to; psychological suffering; a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); extreme physical pain; the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
- hurtsuffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; damaged; be the source of pain ; give trouble or pain to; cause emotional anguish or make miserable; cause damage or affect negatively; hurt the feelings of; feel physical pain; feel pain or be in pain ; any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. ; psychological suffering; feelings of mental or physical pain ; a damage or loss ; the act of damaging something or someone
suffering as in feelings of mental or physical pain
Synonyms
- hurtsuffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; damaged; any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. ; psychological suffering; feelings of mental or physical pain ; a damage or loss ; the act of damaging something or someone ; be the source of pain ; give trouble or pain to; cause emotional anguish or make miserable; cause damage or affect negatively; hurt the feelings of; feel physical pain; feel pain or be in pain