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
Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
For the second straight season, under her husband’s tenure, the team has risen to the top of their division, delighting its long-suffering fanbase and injecting positivity into the city.
—Kait Hanson, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2025
There’s a one-dimensional plotline involving neighbor Alan (Hugh Dennis), a creepy voyeur, and his long-suffering wife Jean (Kate Robbins), which comes close — not THAT close — to working because Dennis and Robbins are good, even if their characters are not.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
An all-seeing Jorge Bosch is wholly convincing as the long-suffering Argentinian chairman who, at the end of his tether and to everyone’s astonishment, vanishes in desperation from the climactic discussion.
—David Benedict, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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The New York Times’ Ken Belson also wrote an interesting piece on long-suffering NFL fans in Canada.
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—Richard Deitsch, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
For the second straight season, under her husband’s tenure, the team has risen to the top of their division, delighting its long-suffering fanbase and injecting positivity into the city.
—Kait Hanson, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2025
There’s a one-dimensional plotline involving neighbor Alan (Hugh Dennis), a creepy voyeur, and his long-suffering wife Jean (Kate Robbins), which comes close — not THAT close — to working because Dennis and Robbins are good, even if their characters are not.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
An all-seeing Jorge Bosch is wholly convincing as the long-suffering Argentinian chairman who, at the end of his tether and to everyone’s astonishment, vanishes in desperation from the climactic discussion.
—David Benedict, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-suffering
Adjective
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Be patient and remember snowplows are working to improve road conditions for your trip.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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Arne Slot had clearly told Liverpool to be patient and not get drawn into the ferocious scrap Everton wanted.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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The impact made at Palace recently by Ismaila Sarr, who arrived from Marseille last summer as a winger having not played as a No 10 before, is an example of the time and patience needed when remodelling individuals for system-specific roles.—
Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Jo was a woman of dedication, perseverance, independence and patience.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, the final seasons were somewhat patchy, but the first two are almost flawless, spearheaded by a stoic Claire Foy alongside Matt Smith’s mercurial Prince Philip and Vanessa Kirby’s devastatingly glamorous Princess Margaret.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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The pair briefly reconciled before filing for divorce a second time in 2020. 04 of 12 Donnie Wahlberg (C. Carwood Lipton) Former teen idol Donnie Wahlberg played the stoic, gritty Lieutenant Carwood Lipton.—
Andrew Walsh,
EW.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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 21 Feb. 2025.
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