'Suffer' definitions:
Definition of 'suffer'
(from WordNet)
verb
Undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" [syn: suffer, endure] [ant: enjoy]
verb
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" [syn: suffer, sustain, have, get]
verb
Experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
verb
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" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]
verb
Get worse; "His grades suffered"
verb
verb
verb
Feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
verb
Be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
verb
Undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" [syn: suffer, meet]
verb
Be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" [syn: suffer, lose]
Definition of 'Suffer'
From: GCIDE
- Suffer \Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffering.] [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir, F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See Bear to support.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under. [1913 Webster]
- Our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage. [1913 Webster]
- If your more ponderous and settled project May suffer alteration. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. --Lev. xix. 17. [1913 Webster]
- I suffer them to enter and possess. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit; tolerate. See Permit. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suffer'
From: GCIDE
- Suffer \Suf"fer\, v. i.
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- O well for him whose will is strong! He suffers, but he will not suffer long. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death. [1913 Webster]
- The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be injured; to sustain loss or damage. [1913 Webster]
- Public business suffers by private infirmities. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suffer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide,
- abide with,
- accept,
- ache,
- acquiesce,
- admit,
- agonize,
- ail,
- allow,
- anguish,
- be affected with,
- be doubly punished,
- be exposed to,
- be punished,
- be subjected to,
- bear,
- bear with,
- bide,
- blanch,
- bleed,
- blench,
- blink at,
- bow,
- brave,
- brook,
- catch it,
- complain of,
- condone,
- connive at,
- countenance,
- decline,
- deteriorate,
- diminish,
- encounter,
- endure,
- experience,
- fall off,
- feel,
- feel ill,
- feel pain,
- feel the pangs,
- get it,
- go down,
- go hard with,
- go through,
- grimace,
- grin and abide,
- hang in,
- hang in there,
- hang tough,
- have,
- have a misery,
- hear of,
- humor,
- hurt,
- indulge,
- know,
- labor under,
- leave,
- let,
- live through,
- lump,
- lump it,
- meet,
- meet up with,
- meet with,
- overlook,
- pain,
- pass through,
- pay,
- permit,
- persevere,
- pound,
- put up with,
- receive,
- run up against,
- see,
- shoot,
- shrink,
- smart,
- spend,
- stand,
- stand for,
- stand under,
- stick,
- stomach,
- submit,
- submit to,
- suffer anguish,
- suffer for,
- suffer the consequences,
- support,
- sustain,
- swallow,
- sweat,
- take,
- take up with,
- taste,
- thrill,
- throb,
- tingle,
- tolerate,
- twinge,
- twitch,
- undergo,
- wince,
- wink at,
- withstand,
- writhe,
- yield