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verb (used without object)
1.
to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
2.
to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss: One's health suffers from overwork. The business suffers from lack of capital.
3.
to undergo a penalty, as of death: The traitor was made to suffer on the gallows.
4.
to endure pain, disability, death, etc., patiently or willingly.
verb (used with object)
5.
to undergo, be subjected to, or endure (pain, distress, injury, loss, or anything unpleasant): to suffer the pangs of conscience.
6.
to undergo or experience (any action, process, or condition): to suffer change.
7.
to tolerate or allow: I do not suffer fools gladly.
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Sufferable
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English suff(e)ren < Latin sufferre, equivalent to suf- suf- + ferre to bear1; compare Old French sofrir < Vulgar Latin *sufferīre
1200–50; Middle English suff(e)ren < Latin sufferre, equivalent to suf- suf- + ferre to bear1; compare Old French sofrir < Vulgar Latin *sufferīre
Related forms
suf·fer·a·ble, adjective
suf·fer·a·ble·ness, noun
suf·fer·a·bly, adverb
suf·fer·er, noun
non·suf·fer·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDnon·suf·fer·a·ble·ness, noun
non·suf·fer·a·b·ly, adverb
out·suf·fer, verb (used with object)
pre·suf·fer, verb
un·suf·fer·a·ble, adjective
un·suf·fer·a·ble·ness, noun
un·suf·fer·a·b·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
5. sustain. 7. stomach, stand, abide.
5. sustain. 7. stomach, stand, abide.
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Word Origin & History
suffer
early 13c., "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
EXPANDO.E. þolian, þrowian. Meaning "to tolerate, allow" is recorded from late 13c.
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