To feel pain or distress; sustain loss, injury, harm, or punishment.
To tolerate or endure evil, injury, pain, or death. See Synonyms at bear1.
To appear at a disadvantage: "He suffers by comparison with his greater contemporary"(Albert C. Baugh).
v.
tr.
To undergo or sustain (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant): "Ordinary men have always had to suffer the history their leaders were making"(Herbert J. Muller).
To experience; undergo: suffer a change in staff.
To endure or bear; stand: would not suffer fools.
To permit; allow: "They were not suffered to aspire to so exalted a position as that of streetcar conductor"(Edmund S. Morgan).
[Middle English suffren, from Old French sufrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre : sub-, sub- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
suf'fer·er n., suf'fer·ing·ly adv.
Usage Note: In general usage the preferred preposition after suffer is from, rather than with, in constructions such as He suffered from hypertension. Ninety-four percent of the Usage Panel found suffered with unacceptable in the preceding example. In medical usage suffer with is sometimes employed with reference to the pain or discomfort caused by a condition, while suffer from is used more broadly in reference to a condition, such as anemia, that is detrimental but not necessarily painful.
c.1225, "to undergo, endure" (pain, death, punishment, judgment, grief), from Anglo-Fr. suffrir, from O.Fr. sufrir, from V.L. *sufferire, variant of L. sufferre "to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under," from sub "up, under" + ferre "to carry" (see infer). Replaced O.E. þolian, þrowian. Meaning "to tolerate, allow" is recorded from c.1290.
undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" [ant: enjoy]
2.
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"
3.
experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
4.
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"
to undergo, endure or bear pain, misery etc Example: He suffered terrible pain from his injuries; The crash killed him instantly — he didn't suffer at all; I'll make you suffer for this insolence.
Arabic:
يُعاني
Chinese (Simplified):
受痛苦
Chinese (Traditional):
受痛苦
Czech:
trpět
Danish:
lide af; lide
Dutch:
lijden
Estonian:
kannatama, piinlema
Finnish:
kärsiä
French:
souffrir
German:
leiden
Greek:
υποφέρω
Hungarian:
(el)szenved
Icelandic:
þjást
Indonesian:
menderita
Italian:
soffrire
Japanese:
苦しむ
Korean:
(고통 등을) 받다; 벌 받다
Latvian:
ciest (sāpes u.tml.)
Lithuanian:
kentėti, kęsti
Norwegian:
lide, ta skade
Polish:
cierpieć
Portuguese (Brazil):
sofrer
Portuguese (Portugal):
sofrer
Romanian:
a suferi
Russian:
страдать
Slovak:
trpieť
Slovenian:
trpeti
Spanish:
sufrir, padecer
Swedish:
lida, få utstå, sota för
Turkish:
çekmek
suffer2[ˈsafə]verb
to undergo or experience Example: The army suffered enormous losses.
Arabic:
يَتَحَمَّل الخَسائِر
Chinese (Simplified):
遭受
Chinese (Traditional):
遭受
Czech:
utrpět
Danish:
lide; være udsat for
Dutch:
lijden
Estonian:
läbi elama
Finnish:
kärsiä
French:
subir
German:
erleiden
Greek:
υφίσταμαι
Hungarian:
elszenved
Icelandic:
verða fyrir, bíða
Indonesian:
mengalami
Italian:
subire
Japanese:
こうむる
Korean:
(손해 등을) 입다, 경험하다
Latvian:
ciest (zaudējumus)
Lithuanian:
patirti
Norwegian:
gjennomgå, lide tap
Polish:
ponosić, cierpieć
Portuguese (Brazil):
sofrer
Portuguese (Portugal):
sofrer
Romanian:
a suporta
Russian:
претерпевать
Slovak:
utrpieť
Slovenian:
pretrpeti
Spanish:
sufrir
Swedish:
lida, drabbas av
Turkish:
uğramak, başına gelmek
suffer3[ˈsafə]verb
to be neglected Example: I like to see you enjoying yourself, but you mustn't let your work suffer.
Arabic:
يُهْمَل، يُعاني
Chinese (Simplified):
玩忽
Chinese (Traditional):
玩忽
Czech:
zanedbat
Danish:
lide skade
Dutch:
lijden
Estonian:
hooletusse jääma
Finnish:
kärsiä
French:
pâtir
German:
leiden
Greek:
παραμελούμαι
Hungarian:
kárt vall
Icelandic:
gjalda fyrir; verða fyrir vanrækslu
Indonesian:
terbengkalai
Italian:
subire, patire
Japanese:
ほったらかす
Korean:
소홀히 취급되다
Latvian:
būt atstātam novārtā; ciest (no nevērības)
Lithuanian:
nukentėti
Norwegian:
ta skade, lide under
Polish:
(u)cierpieć
Portuguese (Brazil):
sofrer
Portuguese (Portugal):
sofrer
Romanian:
a lâncezi
Russian:
пострадать
Slovak:
zanedbať
Slovenian:
trpeti
Spanish:
resentirse, verse afectado; salir perjudicado
Swedish:
bli lidande
Turkish:
olumsuz etkilemek, zarar görmek
suffer4[ˈsafə]verb
(withfrom) to have or to have often (a particular illness etc) Example: She suffers from stomach-aches.
Per*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Permitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Permitting.] [L. permittere, permissum, to let through, to allow, permit; per + mittere to let go, send. See Per-, and Mission.]1. To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with. What things God doth neither command nor forbid . . . he permitteth with approbation either to be done or left undone. --Hooker. 2. To grant (one) express license or liberty to do an act; to authorize; to give leave; -- followed by an infinitive. Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. --Acis xxvi. 1. 3. To give over; to resign; to leave; to commit. Let us not aggravate our sorrows, But to the gods permit the event of things. --Addison. Syn: To allow; let; grant; admit; suffer; tolerate; endure; consent to. Usage: To Allow, Permit, Suffer, Tolerate. To allow is more positive, denoting (at least originally and etymologically) a decided assent, either directly or by implication. To permit is more negative, and imports only acquiescence or an abstinence from prevention. The distinction, however, is often disregarded by good writers. To suffer has a stronger passive or negative sense than to permit, sometimes implying against the will, sometimes mere indifference. To tolerate is to endure what is contrary to will or desire. To suffer and to tolerate are sometimes used without discrimination.
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