suffering (
http://definr.com/suffering)
adj 1: troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
2: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn:
miserable,
wretched]
n 1: a state of acute pain [syn:
agony]
2: misery resulting from affliction [syn:
woe]
3: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
great distress" [syn:
distress,
hurt]
4: feelings of mental or physical pain [syn:
hurt]