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suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

feel physical pain

Type	Words
Synonyms	ache, hurt
Type of	perceive, comprehend
Has types	get, catch, prick, twinge, sting, kill
Derivation	sufferer, suffering

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Type	Words
Synonyms	abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, support, tolerate
Type of	allow, countenance, let, permit
Has types	live with, pay, hold still for, sit out, stand for, swallow, take a joke, take lying down, bear up, accept
Derivation	sufferance

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

Type	Words
Synonyms	get, have, sustain
Type of	get, have, receive, experience
Has types	break up, crock up, cramp, crack up, crack, collapse, break down
Verb group	have
Derivation	sufferer

She suffered a fracture in the accident.

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

be set at a disadvantage

Type	Words
Synonyms	lose
Type of	decline, worsen

This author really suffers in translation.

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

feel pain or be in pain

Type	Words
Synonyms	hurt
Type of	be
Has types	hunger, have, choke, starve, strangle, famish, suffocate, ail, gag
Derivation	sufferer, suffering, sufferance

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

undergo or suffer

Type	Words
Synonyms	meet
Type of	go through, see, experience

suffer a terrible fate.

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

undergo or be subjected to

Type	Words
Synonyms	endure
Type of	go through, see, experience
Has types	die, tolerate

He suffered the penalty.

Many saints suffered martyrdom.

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

be given to

Type	Words
Type of	lean, tend, incline, run, be given

She suffers from a tendency to talk too much.

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

experience (emotional) pain

Type	Words
Type of	experience, feel
Has types	sorrow, agonise, anguish, grieve, agonize, lose
Verb group	stick out, bear, tolerate, brook, support, abide, stomach, digest, endure, stand, put up
Derivation	sufferer, suffering

Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers.

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

feel unwell or uncomfortable

Type	Words
Type of	be
Has types	freeze, swelter

She is suffering from the hot weather.

suffer::verb | Spocien Dictionary

suffer

/'səfər/

get worse

Type	Words
Type of	worsen, decline
Verb group	lose

His grades suffered.