suffer

  • 21suffer*/*/*/ — [ˈsʌfə] verb 1) [I/T] to feel pain in your body or your mind When parents argue constantly, it s the children who suffer most.[/ex] Don t worry, the animal won t suffer any pain.[/ex] 2) [T]suffer from sth to have a particular illness or physical …

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  • 22suffer — suf•fer [[t]ˈsʌf ər[/t]] v. i. 1) to undergo or feel pain or great distress 2) to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss 3) to endure or be afflicted with something temporarily or chronically: to suffer with a cold; to suffer from… …

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  • 23suffer — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

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  • 24suffer — verb 1) I hate to see him suffer Syn: hurt, ache, be in pain, feel pain; be in distress, be upset, be miserable 2) she suffers from asthma Syn: be afflicted by/with, be affected by, be troubled with …

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  • 25suffer — verb (suffered; suffering) Etymology: Middle English suffren, from Anglo French suffrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferire, from Latin sufferre, from sub up + ferre to bear more at sub , bear Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to submit to or be …

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  • 26suffer — v. (D; intr.) to suffer from (to suffer from insomnia) * * * [ sʌfə] (D;intr.) to sufferfrom (to sufferfrom insomnia) …

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  • 27suffer — /ˈsʌfə / (say sufuh) verb (i) 1. to undergo or feel pain or distress. 2. to sustain injury, disadvantage or loss. 3. to undergo a penalty, especially of death. 4. to be the object of some action. 5. to endure patiently or bravely. –verb (t) 6. to …

  • 28suffer — v. 1 intr. undergo pain, grief, damage, etc. (suffers acutely; your reputation will suffer; suffers from neglect). 2 tr. undergo, experience, or be subjected to (pain, loss, grief, defeat, change, etc.) (suffered banishment). 3 tr. put up with;… …

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  • 29suffer — verb /ˈsʌfə,ˈsʌfɚ/ a) To undergo hardship. At least he didnt suffer when he died in the car crash. b) To feel pain. Hes suffering from the flu this week …

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  • 30suffer — [13] To suffer something is etymologically to ‘hold it up from underneath’, to ‘sustain’ it’. The word comes via Anglo Norman suffrir from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, an alteration of Latin sufferre ‘sustain’. This was a compound verb formed from… …

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