Definitions for long-suffering

long-suffering long-suf·fer·ing

Spelling: [lawng-suhf-er-ing, -suhf-ring, long-]
IPA: /ˈlɔŋˈsʌf ər ɪŋ, -ˈsʌf rɪŋ, ˈlɒŋ-/

Long-Suffering is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 1115 anagrams from letters in long-suffering (-effggilnnorsu).

Definitions for long-suffering

noun

  1. long and patient endurance of injury, trouble, or provocation:

adjective

  1. enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.

Origin of long-suffering

First recorded in 1520-30

Examples for long-suffering

He hopped into the Range Rover and was swiftly driven home to Kensington Palace by his long-suffering royal protection officers.

It is harder to be long-suffering when one is out of breath.

For long-suffering fans, this is presumably a moment to rejoice.

Poor Jed, the long-suffering, was goaded into a mild retort.

And the long-suffering Chechens who remain in their homeland have seen it return to the Russian fold.

Take heart, Ralph Ray, most unselfish and long-suffering of men.

Others, like long-suffering partners the world over, simply put up with it and try as best they can to ignore it.

Passive, patient, long-suffering she had been the while the mortifications and slights were for herself.

Only the people, long-suffering and generous, remain as his resource.

“‘Walt, Walt, you have to stop this,’” he says, mimicking his long-suffering wife.

Word Value for long-suffering
Scrable

5

Words with friends

8

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