suffering
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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.
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
non·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
Synonyms
5. sustain. 7. stomach, stand, abide.
5. sustain. 7. stomach, stand, abide.
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suffer (ˈsʌfə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to undergo or be subjected to (pain, punishment, etc) |
| 2. | (tr) to undergo or experience (anything): to suffer a change of management |
| 3. | (intr) to be set at a disadvantage: this author suffers in translation |
| 4. | to be prepared to endure (pain, death, etc): he suffers for the cause of freedom |
| 5. | archaic (tr) to permit (someone to do something): suffer the little children to come unto me |
| 6. | suffer from |
| a. to be ill with, esp recurrently | |
| b. to be given to: he suffers from a tendency to exaggerate | |
| [C13: from Old French soffrir, from Latin sufferre, from | |
| usage It is better to avoid using the words suffer and sufferer in relation to chronic illness or disability. They may be considered demeaning and disempowering. Suitable alternative are have, experience, be diagnosed with | |
| 'sufferer | |
| —n | |
| suffering (ˈsʌfərɪŋ, ˈsʌfrɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the pain, misery, or loss experienced by a person who suffers |
| 2. | the state or an instance of enduring pain, etc |
| 'sufferingly | |
| —adv | |
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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
O.E. þolian, þrowian. Meaning "to tolerate, allow" is recorded from late 13c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
For amputees suffering from phantom pain, a computer-generated cure might soon be at hand.
In addition, there is no legal threshold for how much pain and suffering an animal can be exposed to in experiments.
Media companies are suffering intense pain-and it is starting to seem worryingly permanent.
Within a few years, he was suffering from paralysis and dropsy, and had become much bed-ridden.
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