Definitions for suffering

(a state of acute pain)

(misery resulting from affliction)

(psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress")

(feelings of mental or physical pain)

(undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom")

(undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle")

(experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers")

(put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage")

(get worse; "His grades suffered")

(feel pain or be in pain)

(feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?")

(feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather")

(be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much")

(undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate")

(be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation")

(troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees")

(very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages")