sufferer
One who endures
A sufferer is someone who experiences pain, illness, hardship, or distress.
The word typically appears with a modifier specifying the condition: asthma sufferers, migraine sufferers, long-suffering fans of the team.
Sufferer emphasizes endurance of something unpleasant rather than mere experience of it.
Persistent dull discomfort
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
anguish · soreness · throbbing · chronic pain · acute pain · inflammation · tenderness · spasm
Able to wait calmly
- invalidWithout legal force
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- ailingIn poor health
- sicklyProne to poor health
diseased · stricken · unwell · bedridden · infirm · debilitated · weakened · feeble
One still alive after
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
tenacity · grit · determination · courage · patience · tolerance · coping · enduring
Person harmed in disaster
- targetObject of pursuit
- preyAnimal being hunted
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- bystanderOne who observes nearby
scapegoat · unfortunate · wronged · harmed · injured · exploited · abused · neglected
Giving up something precious
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- saintCanonized holy person
- faithTrust without proof
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
testimony · cause · witness · stigmata · flagellant · penitent · ascetic · self-denial
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
torment · anguish · soreness · throbbing · chronic pain · acute pain · inflammation · tenderness · spasm · sensitivity
patient
Able to wait calmly
sickly · diseased · stricken · unwell · bedridden · infirm · debilitated · weakened · feeble · indisposed
survivor
One still alive after
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
stoicism · tenacity · grit · determination · courage · patience · tolerance · coping · enduring · struggling
casualty
Person harmed in disaster
bystander · scapegoat · unfortunate · wronged · harmed · injured · exploited · abused · neglected · traumatized
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- saintCanonized holy person
- faithTrust without proof
devotion · testimony · cause · witness · stigmata · flagellant · penitent · ascetic · self-denial · mortification
- injured partiesvictim, injured party, accident victim, casualty, harmed
- victimsvictim, victims, casualty, survivors, fatality
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, incapacitated
- unfortunatesvictims, unfortunate, wretch, poor soul, lost soul
- grumpsgrouch, grump, curmudgeon, sourpuss, crank
- Jamaican Musicreggae, dub, dancehall, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh
suffererenjoyer
One who relishes
thriver · beneficiary · reveler · blessed one · celebrant
- suffer in silenceEndure pain without complaint
- suffer fromExperience something painful
- pain and sufferingDistress from harm
- human sufferingDistress experienced by people
- long sufferingPatient endurance of trials
- suffer by comparisonSeem worse when contrasted
suffer, suffering, suffered, insufferable, suffers, sufferings, sufferers, sufferance, sufferable