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suffer English

Meaning suffer meaning

What does suffer mean?
Definitions in simple English

suffer Verb

— When you suffer, you have pain or sadness, or otherwise feel very bad. The wound caused him to suffer greatly. Hunger can make you suffer a lot. — If you suffer from a sickness or problem, you have that sickness or problem. She suffered from mental illness for years. We're suffering from a lack of money right now.

suffer

— verb (= have, get) 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 — verb undergo or be subjected to He suffered the penalty Many saints suffered martyrdom — verb experience (emotional) pain Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers — verb (= endure, stick out, bear, tolerate, put up) 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 — verb get worse His grades suffered — verb feel pain or be in pain — verb feel unwell or uncomfortable She is suffering from the hot weather — verb (= hurt) feel physical pain Were you hurting after the accident? — verb (= meet) undergo or suffer meet a violent death suffer a terrible fate — verb be given to She suffers from a tendency to talk too much — verb be set at a disadvantage This author really suffers in translation

Synonyms suffer synonyms

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suffer English » English

endure bear undergo sustain hurt tolerate put up with experience abide stand go through painful ache ill get feel pain feel withstand toil support put up permit lose languish have bear patiently allow ail agonize weary tormented torment tired tire stomach stick out receive meet haggard equal digest brook become emaciated be in difficulty worry worn out torture tire out take suffering

Topics suffer topics

What do people use suffer to talk about?
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Pain
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Suffer
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Give permission
Person Healthy

Sick
Person Healthy

Injure
Person Life

Die
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble

Trouble
Social behavior Conflict War

Lose a fight
Work and occupation Finance Accumulate wealth

Lose wealth
States Quantity Enough

Lack

Conjugation suffer conjugation

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suffer · verb

Examples suffer examples

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Simple sentences

What stench! Do you suffer from gas?
Did they suffer?
You treated the decision so casually, now you must suffer the consequences.
Some people suffer from insomnia.
Long-term unemployed people can suffer from depression.
Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.
It is man's lot to suffer.
All humanity will suffer if a nuclear war breaks out.
The house did not suffer much damage because the fire was quickly put out.
In this season we often suffer from an excess of rain.
I sometimes suffer from pain in my lower back.
When we eat too much, we suffer from indigestion.
Some people in the world suffer from hunger.
To live is to suffer.
I suffer from depression during the wintertime.
In his opinion, the time will come soon when people will suffer from a water shortage.
Let the healthy boy learn to suffer.
This city will suffer from an acute water shortage unless it rains soon.
People who regularly work in the open air do not suffer from sleeplessness.
Whenever I go abroad, I suffer from jet lag and diarrhea.
I suffer from a stomach ache.
The smaller the body, the more likely the person will suffer from the ill effects of radiation.
These days few people suffer from tuberculosis.
He used to suffer from stomach aches.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions.
I suffer from asthma.
I suffer from depression during the winter.

Movie subtitles

If you can't find the answer, you will be put in the hell of all the hells, and you will suffer all the pains which you can't get away from even after 10 million times of eternity.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I came here to support a whanau under duress, not suffer further unnecessary interrogation!
Now all those people in Clarkesville are gonna suffer because of me.
As doctors, we can help her do it with grace and dignity or we can make her suffer right through to the end.
You can count on it, he will suffer for this, the scoundrel!
I will never suffer for you, Peter, because I don't love you.
Deep down in the earth's core lies Hell, where those tempted by the Devil shall suffer forever.
But do they not often suffer bitterly?
There will be no leniency for the Knights Templar, who will suffer at our nefarious ends.
Oh, how he loved to suffer.
Sir, I see you suffer from gout.
It's not true. to make me suffer, the devil has sent you. and you. and you. and you.
Dear God, I accept my death gladly. but do not let me suffer too long.
We're building a nation, so we've got to suffer.
If those get dropped, humanity will suffer the consequences.
So we've got to suffer.
But I'll have to suffer with Michael, and so will Mother.
How women suffer to be beautiful.
And now you'll suffer for it!
Whatever the Queen does, Sweden will not suffer.
But, Lily, need I suffer forever for one mistake?
If you can't go, sugar, I'lljust stay at home and suffer.
The reason I want to be a doctor is because I don't believe people should suffer, but I'd love to see Frankie get his ass kicked.
Duke Red will suffer the same fate.
You made me suffer so.
That someone who's incapable of being loved can suffer too.
She shan't make the little fellow suffer.
At least he didn't suffer.
I couldn't stand to see her suffer.
I wanted to see him suffer like he'd made me suffer.
We should make them suffer for it.
If I didn't want you, would I suffer so?

News and current affairs

Even though new standards would apply to suppliers from all exporting countries, compliance costs usually vary, meaning that those less equipped to meet higher standards could suffer.
Indeed, our research shows that when mutual-recognition agreements include restrictive rules of origin, intra-regional trade increases - at the expense of trade with other countries - and that developing countries tend to suffer most.
This is clearly not true for those who suffer from migraines or epileptic seizures because of the new bulbs, or for those who are seriously worried about mercury, or for those who have other reasons for preferring incandescent bulbs.
Around one-third of the children are malnourished, and will consequently suffer a lifetime of physical and cognitive disabilities.
It seems plausible that once our ability to reason and reflect has developed sufficiently enough to enable us to understand that strangers can suffer and enjoy life just as we can, then at least some of us would act altruistically toward strangers, too.
With this engine of growth turned off, it is hard to see how the American economy will not suffer from a slowdown.
As for the yen, it, too, will suffer from the continuing rise in Japan's public debt levels, which are already among the highest in the world.
In essence, humans living today are less likely to meet a violent death, or to suffer from violence or cruelty at the hands of others, than their predecessors in any previous century.
Argentina was not the only South American economy to suffer in 1999, but the others adjusted their exchange rates to restore international competitiveness.
A strong international peacekeeping force, agreed by the UN, and perhaps led by the US or NATO, must be placed between the warring sides, and must be prepared to suffer losses to terrorists in the service of peace.
Worldwide, the poor leave a very small carbon footprint, but they will suffer the most from climate change.
The risk is that those countries that suffer from the switch retaliate and depreciate their own currencies.
These debentures should be designed to create a strong incentive for bank managers and shareholders to issue equity rather than suffer conversion.
It is important to examine this approach, not only because the EU is pursuing the world's largest and most ambitious climate policy, but also because other climate policies suffer from similar shortcomings.
And exports of raw materials to China, India, Europe, and the US - a key factor in Africa's recent growth surge - may suffer simply because the global slowdown means less consumption everywhere.
Although rapidly aging Western countries are unable to attract the immigrants they need, they allow millions who are already there to suffer discrimination and abuse.
CAMBRIDGE - Who will suffer the longest and the most from the implosion in 2008-2009 of Wall Street and the ensuing world recession?
Young people seeking their first jobs and experienced workers who lose jobs in a weak job market suffer economic losses that will last their entire lives.
In an era of open-ended US government budget deficits and chronic shortfalls in personal saving, America is doomed to suffer subpar savings and massive multilateral trade deficits for as far as the eye can see.
And Morocco, contrary to Algeria, does not suffer from the curse of oil.
As is often the case in armed conflicts, civilians suffer the most.
How many poor children will suffer - or die - from lack of food and health care?
Developing countries, particularly those in Asia, will suffer the worst consequences of global warming: storm damage, rising sea levels, and massive refugee flows.
It would be absurd if we had to suffer a real catastrophe again in order to understand what European integration has always been about.
If they fail to do so, the periphery economies will suffer even more than those at the center.
As the worst recession since the1930's continues, both the American and Chinese economies are bound to suffer further setbacks.
Economic growth tends to suffer: when poor households have many children, the education given to each child also tends to be reduced.

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