Definition
Meaning of 'suffer'
Meaning of 'suffer' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Suffer 
[ v. i.]
- To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is
inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer
with anxiety. [ v. i.]- To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.
- To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
2. Suffer [ v. t.]
- To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to
submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of
body, or grief of mind. [ v. t.]- To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
- To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.
- To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
Meaning of 'suffer' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. suffer [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- experience (emotional) pain
- experience (emotional) pain
Example in sentence:
- Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers
Meaning (2):
- undergo or be subjected to
- undergo or be subjected to
Example in sentence:
- He suffered the penalty;
- Many saints suffered martyrdom
Meaning (3):
- get worse
- get worse
Example in sentence:
- His grades suffered
Meaning (4):
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Example in sentence:
- he learned to tolerate the heat;
- I cannot bear his constant criticism;
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage;
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
Meaning (5):
- undergo or suffer
- undergo or suffer
Example in sentence:
- meet a violent death;
- suffer a terrible fate
Meaning (6):
- feel unwell or uncomfortable
- feel unwell or uncomfortable
Example in sentence:
- She is suffering from the hot weather
Meaning (7):
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
- undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Example in sentence:
- He got his arm broken in the scuffle;
- He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars;
- She got a bruise on her leg;
- She suffered a fracture in the accident
Meaning (8):
- be given to
- be given to
Example in sentence:
- She suffers from a tendency to talk too much
Meaning (9):
- be set at a disadvantage
- be set at a disadvantage
Example in sentence:
- The painting loses something in this light;
- This author really suffers in translation
Meaning (10):
- feel physical pain
- feel physical pain
Example in sentence:
- Were you hurting after the accident?
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