dukkha

  1. (mfn.)

    1. painful; unpleasant; bringing pain or distress; uneasy, uncomfortable; not what one wants; wrong.
    2. (used to characterize all experience) unsatisfactory; bringing distress or trouble.
  2. (n.)

    1. pain, distress, trouble.
    2. (as a term characterizing all experience; its ending is nibbāna), distress, trouble.