suffer
Meaning
- To undergo hardship.
- To feel pain.
- To become worse.
- To endure, undergo.
- To allow.
Synonyms
feel pain
bear patiently
become emaciated
be in difficulty
be tormented
get tired
in distress
in pain
be miserable
have pain
cause to suffer
become ill
endure suffering
be distressed
be in pain
be tired
be agonized
be very uncomfortable
be anxious
become weary
receive a blow
have misfortunes
hurt deeply
mental pain
be afflicted
be afflicted with
bear a burden
be concerned
be injured
be sad
be subjected to
be subject to
be tortured
be troublesome
be worried
grow weak
live in want
make suffer
be troubled by
worry about
lie sick
boil for a long time
Keble
complain of a pain
be in distress
get worse
have a share in
have a bad time
have a hard time of it
be troubled
be sorry
be in agony
be difficult
Frequency
Hyphenated as
suf‧fer
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsʌfə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.
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