endured

verbbear hardship
verbcontinue; be durable

Antonyms for endured

undergone

adjective. sustained

Word Origin & History

early 14c., "to undergo or suffer" (especially without breaking); late 14c. "to continue in existence," from Old French endurer (12c.) "make hard, harden; bear, tolerate; keep up, maintain," from Latin indurare "make hard," in Late Latin "harden (the heart) against," from in- (see in- (2)) + durare "to harden," from durus "hard," from PIE *deru- "be firm, solid."

Replaced the important Old English verb dreogan (past tense dreag, past participle drogen), which survives in dialectal dree. Related: Endured; endures.

Example Sentences for endured

We have endured much from them, and I must say that my patience is exhausted.

He thought he could have endured seeing her marry Joe, had she cared for the boy.

Since she had endured so much, why not endure a little longer and reap a dear reward?

Vain would it be to describe what he then felt, what he then endured.

Burning with impatience as with a fever, he endured a long minute's wait.

How little labour, how little watching, how little pain has he endured for their sakes!

Now, this can't be endured; and I have come to you for help.

The silent Greer endured the whipping without wincing or speaking.

Vivid as it seems—all I suffer as I write is but a faint phantasm of what I then endured.

The existence of such a man would not be endured by the nation for a second.

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More words related to endured

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undergone