2. patient endurance of pain or unhappiness.
Syn: long-suffering. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
long-sufferance — noun patient endurance of pain or unhappiness • Syn: ↑long suffering • Hypernyms: ↑endurance * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ noun archaic : long suffering Synonyms … Useful english dictionary
long-sufferance — /lawng suf euhr euhns, suf reuhns, long /, n. Archaic. long suffering. [1520 30] * * * … Universalium
long sufferance — … Useful english dictionary
Long-suffering — Long suf fer*ing, n. Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient endurance of pain or unhappiness; patient; not easily provoked. Syn: long sufferance. [1913 Webster] The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
long-suffering — [lôŋ′suf′ər iŋ] adj. bearing injuries, insults, trouble, etc. patiently for a long time n. long and patient endurance of injuries, insults, trouble, etc.: also Archaic long sufferance long sufferingly adv … English World dictionary
long suffering — Synonyms and related words: Spartan, acceptance, accepting, armed with patience, benevolence, benevolent, charitable, charitableness, charity, conciliatory, condonation, disciplined, disregard, easiness, endurance, endurant, enduring, forbearance … Moby Thesaurus
sufferance — Synonyms and related words: acceptance, allowance, authorization, connivance, consent, endurance, forbearance, forbearing, forbearingness, fortitude, indulgence, leave, lenience, leniency, long sufferance, long suffering, longanimity, overlooking … Moby Thesaurus
long-suffering — I noun patient endurance of pain or unhappiness • Syn: ↑long sufferance • Hypernyms: ↑endurance II adjective patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble an enduring disposition … Useful english dictionary
sufferance — n. 1. Suffering, endurance, pain, misery, inconvenience. 2. Patience, moderation, long suffering, submission. 3. Permission, allowance, toleration … New dictionary of synonyms
long-suffering — adj 1. longanimous, forbearing, suffering, patient, patient as Job; uncomplaining, stoical; lenient, indulgent, permissive, tolerant, condoning; magnanimous, forgiving, charitable, exorable, placable. n 2. longanimity, forbearance, sufferance,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
