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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | diseased person, sick person |
| Type of | unfortunate person, unfortunate |
| Has types | bleeder, bulimic, consumptive, convalescent, depressive, diabetic, dyspeptic, epileptic, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac, incurable, insomniac, invalid, lazar, leper, lunatic, lunger, madman, maniac, manic-depressive, mental case, monomaniac, narcoleptic, neurasthenic, neurotic, patient, psycho, psychoneurotic, psychotic, psychotic person, rheumatic, shut-in, sleepless person, spewer, anorectic, syphilitic, anorexic, tubercular, valetudinarian, vomiter |
| Derivation | suffer |
Examples of sufferer
sufferer
And, as a sufferer from lupus, she has been a proponent of naturalized medicine.
From the infowars.com
Not every migraine sufferer experiences postdrome, but I'm certainly not alone.
From the guardian.co.uk
Levine, a chronic migraine sufferer, went to a Vermont clinic on April 7, 2000.
From the washingtonpost.com
One chronic sufferer said it's like playing a 78 rpm record on a 33 rpm player.
From the dailyherald.com
I'm a creative director, marketer, essayist, dog lover and food allergy sufferer.
From the forbes.com
Since my sister is a lifelong migraine sufferer I knew that MSG can be a trigger.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
A panic attack sufferer since childhood, she's also has had three mini-strokes.
From the edition.cnn.com
Hence, a sufferer may be convinced that everyone on the bus is out to get them.
From the markvernon.com
As we often forget, Prussian militarism was his co-sufferer in this pang of loss.
From the theatlantic.com
- Sick person: a person suffering from an illness
- Martyr: one who suffers for the sake of principle
- Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, is an individual's basic affective experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with harm or threat of harm. Suffering may be qualified as physical or mental. It may come in all degrees of intensity, from mild to intolerable. ...
- (Sufferers) Migraine headache affects approximately 29.5 million Americans,^1 although this figure may be higher as many patients do not seek medical attention for their migraine; if they do visit a health care practitioner, it is commonly misdiagnosed. ...
- (Sufferers) used by organizations and agencies to describe the poor living quality of people who have mental problems; used by parents, individuals and carers for people with a specific mental problem.
- A poor person struggling to survive
