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}]