sufferings
Prolonged personal torments
Sufferings is the plural of suffering—instances of pain, distress, or hardship endured.
The word often appears in contexts emphasizing multiple or prolonged afflictions: the sufferings of war refugees, her sufferings during the illness.
It carries a slightly literary or formal tone compared to simply saying "pain" or "hardships."
Intense mental suffering
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- despairTotal absence of hope
torment · agony · misery · woe · distress · melancholy · desolation · hopelessness
Bodily or emotional distress
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
wound · injury · throb · sting · cramp · spasm · tenderness · affliction
Severe difficulty or suffering
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- povertySevere lack of resources
- privationLack of necessities
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
ordeal · tribulation · misfortune · oppression · persecution · trials · austerity · destitution
Chronic reaction to horrific events
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- shellshockTrauma from combat exposure
- survivorOne still alive after
victim · healing · recovery · therapy · counseling · resilience · coping · triggered
anguish
Intense mental suffering
despair · torment · agony · misery · woe · distress · melancholy · desolation · hopelessness · lamentation
pain
Bodily or emotional distress
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
agony · wound · injury · throb · sting · cramp · spasm · tenderness · affliction · torment
adversity
Severe difficulty or suffering
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- povertySevere lack of resources
- privationLack of necessities
struggle · ordeal · tribulation · misfortune · oppression · persecution · trials · austerity · destitution · want
PTSD
Chronic reaction to horrific events
- flashbacksInvoluntary vivid memory episodes
- nightmaresTerrifying sleep experiences
- shellshockTrauma from combat exposure
survivor · victim · healing · recovery · therapy · counseling · resilience · coping · triggered · retraumatized
sufferingsjoys
Feelings of great pleasure
pleasures · delights · ecstasies · bliss · contentment
sufferingscomforts
Eases distress; pleasures
pleasures · relief · ease · well-being · painlessness
sufferingsblessings
Favors from the divine
comforts · prosperities · flourishing · privileges · luxuries
- pain and sufferingDistress from harm
- human sufferingDistress experienced by people
- long sufferingPatient endurance of trials
- silent sufferingUnspoken endurance of pain
- eternal sufferingTorment without end
- animal sufferingPain felt by fauna