suffering

Definition

Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.

Etymology

By surface analysis, suffer + -ing.

Example Sentences

• "Her last night was very suffering, the anodyne she took gave her no relief, and for the first time she lay till near noon."
• "My heart is full, but my body too suffering to go on."
• "I said that Miss Kinney opened the wound; I had not seen the burn then, myself; I was too ill and too suffering to rise up to see the whole surface of it; this was on Thursday morning, the morning after the operation, that I complained of such pain I must have something to relieve it, so she brought these strips of bandages and vaseline, and then she examined the wound, and without saying anything she took this brass pin and pricked it in several places;"