Sufferance — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

patient endurance especially of pain or distress

a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈʌfɚɹəns/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈʌfəɹəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈʌfəɹəns/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈʌfɚɹəns/.

Examples

all people should practice toleration and live together in peace

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

acceptance toleration

Parts of Speech

noun	patient endurance especially of pain or distress
noun	a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations “all people should practice toleration and live together in peace”

Word Forms

suffer	verb	feel pain or be in pain
tolerate	verb	put up with something or somebody unpleasant
acceptant	adjective	accepting willingly
accept	verb	tolerate or accommodate oneself to

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Duldung

Ausdauer des Patienten, insbesondere gegenüber Schmerzen oder Leiden

🇫🇷French

souffrance

endurance du patient, en particulier face à la douleur ou à la détresse

🇪🇸Spanish

tolerancia

Resistencia del paciente, especialmente ante el dolor o la angustia.

🇮🇹Italian

sofferenza

la resistenza del paziente, in particolare al dolore o all'angoscia

🇳🇱Dutch

lijden

het uithoudingsvermogen van de patiënt, vooral bij pijn of angst

🇵🇹Portuguese

sofrimento

resistência do paciente, especialmente à dor ou angústia

🇷🇺Russian

терпение

выносливость пациента, особенно в случае боли или дистресса

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सबर

रोगी का विशेष रूप से दर्द या कष्ट सहन करना

🇧🇩Bengali

কষ্ট

বিশেষ করে ব্যথা বা কষ্টের রোগীর সহনশীলতা

🇮🇳Tamil

துன்பம்

நோயாளியின் சகிப்புத்தன்மை குறிப்பாக வலி அல்லது துன்பம்

🇮🇳Telugu

బాధ

రోగి ఓర్పు ముఖ్యంగా నొప్పి లేదా బాధ

🇮🇳Marathi

त्रास

रुग्णाची सहनशीलता विशेषतः वेदना किंवा त्रास

🇮🇳Gujarati

વેદના

દર્દીની સહનશક્તિ ખાસ કરીને પીડા અથવા તકલીફ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಕಟ

ರೋಗಿಯ ಸಹಿಷ್ಣುತೆ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ನೋವು ಅಥವಾ ಯಾತನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കഷ്ടത

രോഗിയുടെ സഹിഷ്ണുത, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് വേദനയോ വിഷമമോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੁੱਖ

ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਦਰਦ ਜਾਂ ਬਿਪਤਾ ਦੇ ਮਰੀਜ਼ ਦੀ ਧੀਰਜ

🇵🇰Urdu

تکلیف

مریض کی برداشت خاص طور پر درد یا تکلیف کا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

忍耐

病人的忍耐力，尤其是对疼痛或痛苦的忍耐力

🇯🇵Japanese

苦しみ

特に痛みや苦痛に対する忍耐力

🇰🇷Korean

묵인

특히 통증이나 괴로움에 대한 환자의 인내력

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự chịu đựng

sức chịu đựng của bệnh nhân, đặc biệt là sự đau đớn hoặc đau khổ

🇹🇭Thai

ความทุกข์ทรมาน

ความอดทนของผู้ป่วย โดยเฉพาะความเจ็บปวดหรือความทุกข์ทรมาน

🇮🇩Indonesian

kesabaran

ketahanan pasien terutama terhadap rasa sakit atau kesusahan

🇵🇭Filipino

paghihirap

matiyagang pagtitiis lalo na sa sakit o pagkabalisa

🇲🇾Malay

penderitaan

ketahanan pesakit terutamanya kesakitan atau kesusahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

معاناة

قدرة المريض على التحمل وخاصة الألم أو الضيق

🇮🇷Persian

رنج

تحمل بیمار به ویژه درد یا ناراحتی

🇹🇷Turkish

tahammül

hastanın özellikle ağrı veya sıkıntıya karşı dayanıklılığı

🇮🇱Hebrew

סבל

סיבולת מטופל במיוחד של כאב או מצוקה

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The primary meaning of 'sufferance' is 'patient endurance especially of pain or distress'.

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