suffer

verbbe in pain
verbendure, permit

Synonyms for suffer

verb be in pain

Antonyms for suffer

ache

verb. feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical

Word Origin & History

early 13c., "to be made to undergo, endure" (pain, death, punishment, judgment, grief), from Anglo-French suffrir, Old French sufrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferire, variant of Latin sufferre "to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under," from sub "up, under" (see sub-) + ferre "to carry" (see infer).

Replaced Old English þolian, þrowian. Meaning "to meekly submit to hardship" is from late 13c. That of "to undergo" (distress, suffering, etc.) is mid-14c. Meaning "to tolerate, allow" something to occur or continue is recorded from mid-13c. Related: Suffered; suffering.

Example Sentences for suffer

But here, run away with my pen, I suffer my mother to be angry with me on her own account.

If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.

In a land of healing miracles, neighbors must not suffer and die unattended.

And yet if I suffer it can only be with what I may call a curative suffering.

He must suffer more, must lose more, must pay more with happiness for his folly.

Perhaps, some other he might have let suffer in his stead—not her!

While Shakespeare was in London he allowed his wife to suffer the extremes of poverty.

Children are often obliged to suffer for the sins of their parents.

She must not be sacrificed to policy or ambition, and she must not be left to suffer from the dread of it.

Do not put any stumbling-block in your path which will make you suffer later on.

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accept

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