Question

In the following sentence the word suffering is best described as what?

there is no more horrible sound than the cry of a suffering animal.

Answer 1

something that is experiencing physical(or mental) pain.

Answer 2

Context clues that can help us:
"no more horrible"
"cry"

Since the context clues are negative, we know the definition must be negative.

In this sentence, suffering can be described as being in some sort of pain.
The animal must be hurt in some way, in order to make that sound.