long-sufferingadjective
uk/ˌlɒŋˈsʌf.ər.ɪŋ/us/ˌlɑːŋˈsʌf.ɚ.ɪŋ/A long-suffering person is patient despite being annoyed or insulted regularly over a period of time:
Bill and his long-suffering wife
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Patient and uncomplaining
- dove
- equable
- equanimity
- even-tempered
- forbearing
- have the patience of a saint idiom
- pacific
- patience
- patient
- peace-loving
- peaceable
- stoic
- stoicism
- the patience of Job idiom
- uncomplaining