suffer

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
  2. (intransitive) To feel pain.
  3. (intransitive) To become worse.
  4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To allow.

Synonyms

endure
C1
bear
A2
🐻
undergo
C2
sustain
C2
hurt
A1
tolerate
C1
put up with
experience
A2
abide
C2
stand
A1
go through
painful
B2
ache
C1
get
A1
ill
B1
🤢

feel pain

feel
A1
support
A2

bear patiently

ail
lose
A1
withstand
C2
toil
C2
agonize
permit
B2
languish
48k
put up
allow
B1
have
A1
stomach
B1

become emaciated

stick out
receive
B1

be in difficulty

brook
C2
meet
A1
weary
C1
😩
equal
B2
tired
A2
😫
torment
C1
haggard
29k
digest
C2
tire
B2
tormented
C2
struggle
B2
afflicted
20k
suffering
B1
cost
B1
slave
B2
shiver
C2
Translations

souffrir
sufrir
soffrire
leiden
sofrer
patire
endurer
subir
padecer
patir
lijden
erleiden

υποφέρω

subire
sofrir
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsʌfə/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
suffren
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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