Synonyms for Suffering (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (misery resulting from affliction):
woe
WordNet sense 2 (a state of acute pain):
agony, excruciation
WordNet sense 3 (psychological suffering):
distress, hurt
WordNet sense 4 (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need):
troubled
WordNet sense 5 (very unhappy; full of misery):
miserable, wretched
WordNet sense 6 (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent):
unhappy
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