as in patient
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
the long-suffering parents calmly waited until the tantrum had passed
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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
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Recent Examples of long-suffering
Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Ovechkin, 39, has led the Capitals on many deep playoff runs, delivering long-suffering fans the team’s first Stanley Cup in 2018.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
But land reform is so fundamental to how the current government took power that no citizen may portray it as anything other than a benevolent campaign that brought fairness and prosperity to China’s long-suffering farmers.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The audience reserved their loudest and longest applause for Anthony Carrigan, who just about steals the movie with his largely wordless performance as the Leopold’s long-suffering butler, Griff.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
But visiting son Zion (Nicholas Duvernay) convinces his long-suffering mother to take the cash, perhaps to start her dream spa after all.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Ovechkin, 39, has led the Capitals on many deep playoff runs, delivering long-suffering fans the team’s first Stanley Cup in 2018.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
But land reform is so fundamental to how the current government took power that no citizen may portray it as anything other than a benevolent campaign that brought fairness and prosperity to China’s long-suffering farmers.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The audience reserved their loudest and longest applause for Anthony Carrigan, who just about steals the movie with his largely wordless performance as the Leopold’s long-suffering butler, Griff.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-suffering
Adjective
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Despite increasing residency programs, student debt forgiveness, and tuition-free medical school, California is unlikely to meet patient demand, observers say.—
Bernard J. Wolfson and Vanessa G. Sánchez,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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YoYo sets a great example of how to stay patient with a little sibling, and JJ is a good example of how not to behave when trying new things.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And her patience and her sense of humor and her vision for the story was really special.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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My patience for slow Wi-Fi is getting worse by the day.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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By placing both Washington and the camera filming him in close-up on a moving dolly outside the ballroom, Lee created the impression that Malcolm was floating through space, in a trance of stoic anticipation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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Since the org partnered with Three Camel Lodge in 2020 to expand the breeding program, visitors to the camp can meet the stoic (but still quite cute and fluffy) guardian dogs.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The twist offered in this tale is that this dutiful and obedient AI proceeds to gobble up all the available resources on earth to maximally achieve this goal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Long-suffering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long-suffering. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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