Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longer-suffering

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables
longer--suf-fer-ing
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does longer-suffering mean?
comparative form of long-suffering: more long-suffering

How to pronounce longer-suffering

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