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suffer
[suhf-er]
verb (used without object)
to undergo or feel pain or distress.
The patient is still suffering.
to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss.
One's health suffers from overwork. The business suffers from lack of capital.
to undergo a penalty, as of death.
The traitor was made to suffer on the gallows.
to endure pain, disability, death, etc., patiently or willingly.
verb (used with object)
to undergo, be subjected to, or endure (pain, distress, injury, loss, or anything unpleasant).
to suffer the pangs of conscience.
Synonyms:to undergo or experience (any action, process, or condition).
to suffer change.
to tolerate or allow.
I do not suffer fools gladly.
Synonyms: , ,
suffer
/ ˈʌə /
verb
to undergo or be subjected to (pain, punishment, etc)
(tr) to undergo or experience (anything)
to suffer a change of management
(intr) to be set at a disadvantage
this author suffers in translation
to be prepared to endure (pain, death, etc)
he suffers for the cause of freedom
archaic(tr) to permit (someone to do something)
suffer the little children to come unto me
to be ill with, esp recurrently
to be given to
he suffers from a tendency to exaggerate
Usage
Other Word Forms
- sufferable adjective
- sufferableness noun
- sufferably adverb
- sufferer noun
- nonsufferable adjective
- nonsufferableness noun
- nonsufferably adverb
- outsuffer verb (used with object)
- presuffer verb
- unsufferable adjective
- unsufferableness noun
- unsufferably adverb
- ˈܴڴڱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of suffer1
Word History and Origins
Origin of suffer1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
While Flanagan understands humanity’s penchant for complacency in the face of chaos, his script does little to elucidate the reasons people turn a blind eye to their fellow humans’ suffering, much less pose any solutions.
"For me, I can only look at them with contempt, because I see on the ground the suffering that their neglect has caused," she added.
A man has suffered serious injuries after an "incident" involving a vehicle at a multi-storey car park at London Luton Airport, police said.
USA lost 2-1 to Turkey and 4-0 to Switzerland, meaning they have suffered four straight defeats before their Gold Cup opener against Trinidad and Tobago in San Jose on Sunday.
“While others are suffering, it just doesn’t seem right.”
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