suffering privation
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SUFFERING — The presence of suffering in the world poses a problem for religion insofar as it seems to contradict the notion of an all powerful benevolent God. It would seem that if God were good, He would not want His creatures to suffer, and if, all… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
privation — Synonyms and related words: abridgment, bare cupboard, bare subsistence, beggarliness, beggary, bereavement, cost, curtailment, damage, dead loss, dearth, debit, default, defect, denial, denudation, deprivation, deprivement, despoilment,… … Moby Thesaurus
suffering — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. distress, misery, affliction; see difficulty 1 , 2 , pain 2 , distress . See Synonym Study at distress . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. pain, misery, agony, torture, torment, ache, distress, grief, depression, heartache,… … English dictionary for students
privation — n deprivation, want, need, lack; loss, bereavement, hardship, distress, suffering; difficulty, predicament, plight, strait; seizure, confiscation, forfeiture, divestiture, disinheritance, dispossession; poverty, destitution, beggary, pauperism,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
hardship — I noun adversity, affliction, misfortune, suffering, travail II index adversity, burden, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, damage … Law dictionary
poor — I (inferior in quality) adjective bad, badly made, barely passable, base, beggarly, below par, below standard, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, defective, deficient, dubious, faulty, flimsy, gimcrack, imperfect, inadequate, inartistic … Law dictionary
difficulty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) That which is hard to overcome Nouns 1. difficulty, hardness, impracticability, hard work, uphill work, hurdle; hard task, Herculean task, large order, hard row to hoe; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor; … English dictionary for students
hardship — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. adversity, difficulties; calamity, affliction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Injury] Syn. misfortune, calamity, accident; see catastrophe , disaster . 2. [Burden] Syn. trial, sorrow, worry, difficulty; see… … English dictionary for students
poor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent (see poverty); inferior, faulty, unsatisfactory, imperfect, defective; humble; weak, flimsy. See insufficiency, imperfection, disease.Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking … English dictionary for students
hardship — (n.) c.1200, quality of being hard, from HARD (Cf. hard) + SHIP (Cf. ship). Meaning disadvantage, suffering, privation is c.1400 … Etymology dictionary
