the state of a person or thing that suffers.

Often, sufferings. something suffered by a person or a group of people; pain

the sufferings of the slaves.

noun

happiness , health , joy

noun

adversity , affliction , anguish , difficulty , discomfort , distress , dolor , hardship , martyrdom , misery , misfortune , ordeal , passion , torment , torture , woe , wretchedness , agony , ailing , grief , hurt , illness , loss , pain , sickness , sorrow , sufferance , travail

adjective

afflicted , wretched