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
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
Finally, The Lost Symbol’s Ashley Zukerman plays Belle’s husband, a man who comes across as long-suffering, willfully ignorant, and, frankly, a total dope.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
Together, Aoun and Salam could usher in a new era for their country and its long-suffering residents.
—Hanin Ghaddar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
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
Finally, The Lost Symbol’s Ashley Zukerman plays Belle’s husband, a man who comes across as long-suffering, willfully ignorant, and, frankly, a total dope.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
Together, Aoun and Salam could usher in a new era for their country and its long-suffering residents.
—Hanin Ghaddar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-suffering
Adjective
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Today, healthcare organizations use AI to improve patient experiences with data gathering and summarization features.—
Maribel Lopez,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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On the days near that peak, patient skywatchers may be treated to a modest but mesmerizing display of shooting stars streaking across the sky.—
Jake Parks,
Discover Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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Creating an effective back office requires experimenting with hiring, management approaches and patience.—
Bekhruz Nagzibekov,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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What’s happened since then is almost a case study in what successful organizational patience — and failing organizational impatience — looks like.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And finally… Win as a team, lose as a team, or so the saying goes, but stoic camaraderie is asking a lot of Real Valladolid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Both fascinating and infuriating, Henry Fonda for President, by Austrian filmmaker Alexander Horwath, examines the dark-browed, blue-eyed stoic Hollywood actor Henry Fonda as more politically significant than his infamously radical daughter, Jane.—
Armond White,
National Review,
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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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 23 Apr. 2025.
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