— sufferingly , adv.
/suf"euhr ing, suf"ring/ , n.
1. the state of a person or thing that suffers.
2. Often, sufferings . something suffered by a person or a group of people; pain: the sufferings of the slaves.
[ 1300-50; ME; see SUFFER, -ING 1 ]
Syn. 1. agony, torment, torture; pain, distress.