Suffer
WordNet
verb
(1) Feel pain or be in pain
(2) Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
"She suffered a fracture in the accident"
"He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"
"She got a bruise on her leg"
"He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
(3) Feel unwell or uncomfortable
"She is suffering from the hot weather"
(4) Get worse
"His grades suffered"
(5) Be set at a disadvantage
"This author really suffers in translation"
(6) Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"
"The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
"He learned to tolerate the heat"
"She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
(7) Endure (emotional pain)
"Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
(8) Undergo or be subjected to
"He suffered the penalty"
"Many saints suffered martyrdom"
(9) Undergo or suffer
"Meet a violent death"
"Suffer a terrible fate"
(10) Feel physical pain
"Were you hurting after the accident?"
(11) Be given to
"She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
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Etymology
From , from , from , from + , from .
Verb
- To undergo hardship.
- To feel pain.
- At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.
- To have a disease or condition.
- He's suffering from the flu this week.
- To become worse.
- If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.
- To endure, undergo.
- I've been suffering your insults for years.
- I hope you never have to suffer the same pain.
- To allow.
- 1560, John Knox, First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
- ... the holie ghoste doth manifestlie expresse, saying: I suffer not that women usurpe authoritie above man:
- 1560, John Knox, First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of Women