suffering

noun

pain, mental, or emotional unhappiness caused by bad things happening
suffer, endure/undergo something painful, including enduring something permitted/allowed but painful

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Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfəɹɪŋ/ / /ˈsʌfɹɪŋ/

Etymology: By surface analysis, suffer + -ing.

Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
“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.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, suffer + -ing.

The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
“"The Japanese imperialists enforced the harshest colonial rule in history over Korea, bringing unspeakably horrible misfortune and sufferings and disasters to the Korean nation," said a spokesman for the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.”
“Robins, of Torquay, had denied a single charge of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She claimed the microwave was accidentally turned on by one of the cats after the kitten got inside. But Knutton said the kitten was too small to even get onto the work surface.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, suffer + -ing.