"suffering" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-suffering.ogg [US] Forms: suffering [singular], sufferings [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The sufferings of a person is the pain or distress they are going through.
    Sense id: simple-suffering-en-noun-gMcclKWF

Verb

IPA: /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-suffering.ogg [US] Forms: suffer [canonical], suffers [third-person, singular], suffered [past], suffered [past, participle], suffering [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|suffer}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of suffer.
    Sense id: simple-suffering-en-verb-TxWCII26
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