different between throe vs suffering

English

Alternative forms

• throw (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English throwe, perhaps from Old English þr?a, þr?wian (“suffer”). The modern spelling displaced the original in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: throw

Noun

throe (plural throes)

1. A pang, spasm.

   • Which gave the sons of England birth
     Had felt their blood upon her brow,
     And shuddering with a mother's throe
     Had turned every drop of blood
     By which her face had been bedewed
     To an accent unwithstood, —
     As if her heart had cried aloud: [...]

2. (usually in the plural) A hard struggle.
3. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:agony
• See also Thesaurus:pain

Derived terms

• in the throes of

Translations

Verb

throe (third-person singular simple present throes, present participle throeing, simple past and past participle throed)

1. (transitive) To put in agony.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1

     Sebastian: ?????Prithee, say on:
     The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim
     A matter from thee, and a birth, indeed
     Which throes thee much to yield.

2. (intransitive) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Throe”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 368, column 1.

Anagrams

• Rothe, heort-, hetro, other, rothe, thero-, threo-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?f????/
• Hyphenation: suf?fer?ing

Adjective

suffering

1. Experiencing pain.

Synonyms

• (experiencing pain): in pain

Translations

Noun

suffering (countable and uncountable, plural sufferings)

1. The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.

Translations

Verb

suffering

1. present participle of suffer

Related terms

• sublate
• sublation