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
Brandon Hoffman, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
Like Ye’s 2016 album The Life of Pablo, its form continues to solidify even after release; like SOS, its core theme is addressing an imbalance between the outward celebrity and shot-caller and the long-suffering lover and sometimes self-conscious overthinker behind the scenes.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The Smashing Machine Dwayne Johnson stars as legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr opposite Emily Blunt as his long-suffering partner in Benny Safdie’s biopic charting the highs and lows of the champion’s chaotic life.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
That’d be a brutal twist of fate for a long-suffering franchise that was viewed as the class of the NFC throughout the season.
—Austin Mock, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Can the United States be a constructive contributor to the peaceful, democratic transition of a long-suffering people?
—Brandon Hoffman, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
Like Ye’s 2016 album The Life of Pablo, its form continues to solidify even after release; like SOS, its core theme is addressing an imbalance between the outward celebrity and shot-caller and the long-suffering lover and sometimes self-conscious overthinker behind the scenes.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The Smashing Machine Dwayne Johnson stars as legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr opposite Emily Blunt as his long-suffering partner in Benny Safdie’s biopic charting the highs and lows of the champion’s chaotic life.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
That’d be a brutal twist of fate for a long-suffering franchise that was viewed as the class of the NFC throughout the season.
—Austin Mock, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-suffering
Adjective
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For the time being, Bay is promising to be patient and supportive.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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And even if all goes well, investors will need to be patient, likely for years, before Aurora generates revenue and profits to justify its $11.7 billion market cap.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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That tech bro culture, which has captured Trump’s imagination, has little appetite for patience—an essential and necessary facet of the kind of fundamental research that ultimately fuels America’s science and technology engine.—
Michael S. Lubell,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2025
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That can require patience and strategy, Eastwick said.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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As his attorney wrapped up a marathon closing argument Monday, former House Speaker Michael Madigan sat stoic at the defense table, gazing at the jury with his usual legal pad and pencil at the ready.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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Oscar, older and more outwardly stoic, has no guarantees.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.—
Brandon Taylor,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.—
Bebe Hodges,
USA TODAY,
15 Nov. 2024
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“Long-suffering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long-suffering. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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