suffer
The verb suffer means to feel pain or something equally unpleasant. You’d probably do anything you could to be sure your beloved cat didn’t suffer when she got old and sick.
You can suffer from the pain of a broken leg, but you can also suffer from shyness, regret, poverty, or any number of unpleasant things. You can even describe something that becomes worse using the word suffer, like when someone’s grades suffer during soccer season. The root of suffer is the Latin word sufferre, to bear, undergo, or endure. That’s why someone who doesn’t suffer fools gladly won’t put up with nonsense.
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undergo or be subjected to
“He
suffered the penalty”“Many saints
suffered martyrdom”-
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enjoy
have for one’s benefit
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tolerate
have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition
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die
suffer or face the pain of death
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experience, go through, see
go or live through
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enjoy
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undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
“She
suffered a fracture in the accident”-
have
suffer from; be ill with
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break down, collapse
collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
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cramp
suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
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break up, collapse, crack, crack up, crock up
suffer a nervous breakdown
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drop like flies
rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers
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fall over, go over
fall forward and down
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experience, get, have, receive
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
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have
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undergo or suffer
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feel pain or be in pain
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be well
be healthy; feel good
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have
suffer from; be ill with
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choke, gag, strangle, suffocate
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
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ail
be ill or unwell
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famish, hunger, starve
be hungry; go without food
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be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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be well
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feel physical pain
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catch, get
suffer from the receipt of
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twinge
feel a sudden sharp, local pain
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prick, sting, twinge
cause a stinging pain
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kill
be the source of great pain for
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prick, prickle
cause a prickling sensation
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comprehend, perceive
become aware of through the senses
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experience (emotional) pain
“Every time her husband gets drunk, she
suffers”-
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abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, support, tolerate
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
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agonise, agonize
suffer agony or anguish
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anguish
suffer great pains or distress
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lose
suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
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grieve, sorrow
feel grief
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languish
experience prolonged suffering in an unpleasant situation or place
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mourn
feel sadness
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compassionate, condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with
share the suffering of
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experience, feel
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
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abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, support, tolerate
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feel unwell or uncomfortable
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put up with something or somebody unpleasant
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accept, live with, swallow
tolerate or accommodate oneself to
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hold still for, stand for
tolerate or bear
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bear up
endure cheerfully
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take lying down
suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively
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take a joke
listen to a joke at one’s own expense
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sit out
endure to the end
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pay
bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action
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get one’s lumps, take one’s lumps
suffer the results or consequences of one’s behavior or actions
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allow, countenance, let, permit
consent to, give permission
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be given to
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get worse
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be set at a disadvantage