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US
/ˈsəfɝ/
]
[ UK /sˈʌfɐ/ ]
[ UK /sˈʌfɐ/ ]
VERB
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undergo or be subjected to
Many saints suffered martyrdom
He suffered the penalty -
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
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
She suffered a fracture in the accident -
get worse
His grades suffered -
undergo or suffer
meet a violent death
suffer a terrible fate -
be set at a disadvantage
This author really suffers in translation
The painting loses something in this light -
experience (emotional) pain
Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers -
be given to
She suffers from a tendency to talk too much - feel pain or be in pain
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feel physical pain
Were you hurting after the accident? -
feel unwell or uncomfortable
She is suffering from the hot weather -
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
he learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
I cannot bear his constant criticism
How To Use suffer In A Sentence
- Watching celebs suffer from hunger and lack of home comforts is somehow really entertaining. The Sun
- But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today USATODAY.com
- Both groups are forced to suffer the prejudices that have been fuelled by the tabloids and absorbed by an uninformed public.
- Dance the coxswain was the first affected in that way, but after a few moments Mark felt that the poor fellow had been suffering in The Black Bar
- I love the way Sarajevans express themselves; it's a kind of world-weary, mordant wit overlying an amazing ability to absorb and survive great suffering. A Conversation with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book
- This puts a lot of stress on our eyes which can suffer from blurriness, fatigue etc. Glasses Lot | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
- Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- It is pertinent to destigmatize depression, so those suffering from it could seek medical help.
- Having worked himself into this ridiculous kind of phrensy, which lasted, perhaps, from twenty to thirty seconds, he suddenly discontinued it, and suffered his features to relax into their natural form; but the motion of his head seemed to have so stupified him, as indeed it well might, that there remained an unusual vacancy and a drowsy stare upon his countenance for some time afterward. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
- She had for weeks been suffering from a bad cough and chest infection.
