Burden and Suffering

Burden

Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

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Suffering and burden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suffering" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Suffering noun - Feelings of mental or physical pain.

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Burden and suffering are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Suffering".

Nearby Words: suffer, sufferance, suffered, sufferer

emotional	emotional burden	emotional suffering
old	old burden	old suffering
physical	physical burden	physical suffering
unbearable	unbearable burden	unbearable suffering
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, massive, great, serious, terrible, horrible, major, mental, psychological, unnecessary, immense, greater, maximum.

Also, if one is suffering from mental anguish, one tries to keep one's thoughts to oneself so as not to burden others with their emotions.

Source: Telepathy
Suppose Bob, suffering under a burden that both tortures and empowers him, realizes that he can simply choose to stop being bothered by it, leaving him with nothing but pure Awesome.

Source: Sweet and Sour Grapes
Be Careful What You Wish For: The elderly pilgrim at the beginning prays to Buddha to take him from this world to end his suffering and so he won't be a burden to Omatsu anymore.

Source: Film / The Sword of Doom

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