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单词 long-suffering
释义

long-suffering

adjective

long-suf·​fer·​ing ˈlȯŋ-ˌsə-f(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce long-suffering (audio)
-ˈsə-
: patiently enduring lasting offense or hardship
long-suffering noun
long-sufferingly
ˈlȯŋ-ˌsə-f(ə-)riŋ-lē How to pronounce long-suffering (audio)
-ˈsə-
adverb

Synonyms

  • forbearing
  • patient
  • stoic
  • stoical
  • tolerant
  • uncomplaining
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Word History

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

long-suffering 1 of 2

adjective

as in patient
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint the long-suffering parents calmly waited until the tantrum had passed

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • patient
  • stoic
  • obedient
  • uncomplaining
  • forbearing
  • passive
  • stoical
  • obliging
  • subordinate
  • tolerant
  • willing
  • collected
  • restrained
  • resigned
  • acquiescent
  • amiable
  • composed
  • docile
  • submissive
  • lenient
  • repressed
  • tractable
  • law-abiding
  • compliant
  • yielding
  • subservient
  • slavish
  • conformist
  • placable
  • complying
  • disciplined
  • amenable
  • uncaring
  • constrained
  • inhibited
  • unresponsive
  • contained
  • apathetic
  • unresistant
  • agreeable
  • curbed
  • self-controlled
  • self-contained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • impatient
  • complaining
  • protesting
  • weary
  • fed up
  • bored
  • kvetching
  • tired
  • defiant
  • recalcitrant
  • resistant
  • kvetchy
  • disobedient
  • rebellious
  • intractable
  • refractory
  • unruly
  • contrary
  • insubordinate
  • unmanageable
  • ungovernable
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long-suffering

2 of 2

noun

as in patience
the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining you will need infinite long-suffering to put up with that arrogant jerk

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • patience
  • tolerance
  • forbearance
  • sufferance
  • acquiescence
  • willingness
  • docility
  • passiveness
  • resignation
  • subordination
  • passivity
  • submissiveness
  • tractability
  • obedience
  • discipline
  • amenability
  • conformism
  • submission
  • compliance
  • self-control

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • impatience
  • defiance
  • disobedience
  • resistance
  • recalcitrance
  • insubordination
  • willfulness
  • intractability
  • contrariness
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