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Definition of Suffer
1. Verb. Undergo or be subjected to. "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
Specialized synonyms: Tolerate, Die
Generic synonyms: Experience, Go Through, See
Antonyms: Enjoy
2. Verb. Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses). "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
Specialized synonyms: Break Down, Collapse, Cramp, Break Up, Collapse, Crack, Crack Up, Crock Up
Related verbs: Have
Generic synonyms: Experience, Get, Have, Receive
Derivative terms: Sufferer
3. Verb. Experience (emotional) pain. "Sam and Sue suffer"; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
Generic synonyms: Experience, Feel
Specialized synonyms: Agonise, Agonize, Anguish, Lose, Grieve, Sorrow
Derivative terms: Sufferer, Suffering, Suffering
4. Verb. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. "Sam cannot suffer Sue "; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
Specialized synonyms: Accept, Live With, Swallow, Hold Still For, Stand For, Bear Up, Take Lying Down, Take A Joke, Sit Out, Pay
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Derivative terms: Abidance, Bearable, Endurance, Sufferance, Tolerance, Tolerant, Tolerant, Toleration
5. Verb. Get worse. "His grades suffered"
6. Verb. Feel pain or be in pain. "Sam and Sue suffer"
Specialized synonyms: Have, Choke, Gag, Strangle, Suffocate, Ail, Famish, Hunger, Starve
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Hurt, Hurting, Sufferance, Sufferer, Suffering, Suffering
Antonyms: Be Well
7. Verb. Feel physical pain. "Sam and Sue suffer"; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
Generic synonyms: Comprehend, Perceive
Specialized synonyms: Catch, Get, Twinge, Prick, Sting, Twinge, Kill
Derivative terms: Ache, Aching, Hurt, Hurting, Sufferer, Suffering, Suffering
8. Verb. Feel unwell or uncomfortable. "She is suffering from the hot weather"
9. Verb. Be given to. "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
10. Verb. Undergo or suffer. "Suffer a terrible fate"
11. Verb. Be set at a disadvantage. "This author really suffers in translation"
Definition of Suffer
1. v. t. To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
2. v. i. To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.
Definition of Suffer
1. Verb. (intransitive) To undergo hardship. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To feel pain. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive construed with '''from''') To have a disease or condition. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To become worse. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To endure, undergo. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive archaic) To allow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suffer
1. to feel pain or distress [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffer
Literary usage of Suffer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Yet still Apollo pitied Hector fall'n, Nor suffer'd aught unseemly there to rest,
But cast about the dead a golden shield, That not a single hair should ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"Pearson adds, ' I think he will never suffer me to see him again.' In the spring
of 1654 he was in London, ..."
3. Publications (1853)
"... 2• suffer injury to the detriment of their soul's salvation. Having, therefore,
with her Bridegroom, overcome in ma». x. 2s. suffering and death for his ..."
4. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"... will not suffer Mr. Hartright to disturb that repose by remaining in the house
under circumstances of an essentially irritating nature to both sides. ..."
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