Happy and Suffering

Happy

Happy adjective - Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.
Usage example: a happy marriage

Suffering is an antonym for happy.

Nearby Words: happiness, happily

Suffering

Suffering adjective - Troubled by pain or loss.

Happy is an antonym for suffering.

Nearby Words: suffer, sufferance, suffered, sufferer

Both words in one sentence

  • Bittersweet Ending: One pair gets a happy ending, the loser goes through pain and suffering that can unintentionally offset the happy side.
  • Fake Charity But the guests were more than happy to donate their money to ease the suffering of victims of TBA.
    Source: Fake Charity
  • Literature / A Thousand Splendid Suns Dramatic Irony: Laila is happy to see the Taliban taking over, thinking that it'll end the violence and suffering.
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