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suffering
noun as in pain, agony
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adversity, anguish, difficulty, discomfort, hardship, misery, misfortune, ordeal, torment, torture
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Golfing superstars are not exempt from suffering from jetlag, so going out almost two weeks before Friday's opening day meant they were fully in sync when the action started.
Mr Charlesworth, now a retired vet, said: "Pain and suffering is natural but cruelty is a human concept and really that is sort of what you are seeing happening out there."
“It’s quite . . . empty, emptier than you can imagine. There’s no more pain, no more suffering.”
"However, not responding to patients when they're suffering can lead to more serious harm and possibly death."
There a 49-year-old woman was found suffering from hypothermia and was taken to hospital.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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