Suffer definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

suffer in American English · 1. to undergo or feel pain or distress · 2. to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss · 3. to undergo a penalty, as of death · 4. to ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'suffer'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× suffer (sʌfəʳ ) Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent tensesuffers ,presentparticiplesuffering ,pasttense,pastparticiplesuffered 1. verb Ifyousufferpain,youfeelitinyourbodyorinyourmind. Withinafewdaysshehadbecomeseriouslyill,sufferinggreatpainanddiscomfort.[VERBnoun] Canyouassuremethatmyfatherisnotsuffering?[VERB] Synonyms:beinpain,hurt,ache,beracked MoreSynonymsofsuffer 2. verb Ifyousufferfromanillnessorfromsomeotherbadcondition,youarebadlyaffectedbyit. Hewaseventuallydiagnosedassufferingfromterminalcancer.[VERB+from] Irealizedhewassufferingfromshock.[VERB+from] Synonyms:beaffected,havetroublewith,beafflicted,betroubledwith MoreSynonymsofsuffer 3. verb Ifyousuffersomethingbad,youareinasituationinwhichsomethingpainful,harmful,orveryunpleasanthappenstoyou. Thepeaceprocesshassufferedaseriousblownow.[VERBnoun] Romaniasufferedanothersetbackinitseffortstoobtainfinancialsupportforits reforms.[VERBnoun] Synonyms:undergo,experience,sustain,feel MoreSynonymsofsuffer 4. verb Ifyousuffer,youarebadlyaffectedbyaneventorsituation. Therearefewwhohavenotsuffered.[VERB] Itisobviousthatpoorpeoplewillsuffermostfromthischangeofheart.[VERB+from] 5. verb Ifsomethingsuffers,itdoesnotsucceedbecauseithasnotbeengivenenoughattentionorisinabadsituation. I'mnotsurprisedthatyourstudiesaresuffering.[VERB] Withoutamajorboostintourism,theeconomywillsufferevenfurther.[VERB] Synonyms:deteriorate,decline,getworse,falloff MoreSynonymsofsuffer 6. Seealsosuffering 7. Seedoesn'tsufferfoolsgladly MoreSynonymsofsuffer COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof suffer Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'suffer' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'suffer' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'ecomap' HindiTranslationof'suffer' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency sufferinBritishEnglish (ˈsʌfə ) verb1. toundergoorbesubjectedto(pain,punishment,etc) 2. (transitive) toundergoorexperience(anything) tosufferachangeofmanagement 3. (intransitive) tobesetatadisadvantage thisauthorsuffersintranslation 4. tobepreparedtoendure(pain,death,etc) shesuffersforthecauseoffreedom 5. (transitive)archaic topermit(someonetodosomething) sufferthelittlechildrentocomeuntome 6. Seesufferfrom ▶ USAGEItisbettertoavoidusingthewordssufferandsuffererinrelationtochronicillnessordisability.Theymaybeconsidereddemeaningand disempowering.Suitablealternativearehave,experience,bediagnosedwithCollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformssufferer(ˈsufferer)noun WordoriginC13:fromOldFrenchsoffrir,fromLatinsufferre,fromsub-+ferretobear WordFrequency sufferinAmericanEnglish (ˈsʌfər ) verbtransitive1.  toundergo(somethingpainfulorunpleasant,asinjury,grief,aloss,etc.);beafflictedwith 2.  toundergoorexperience(anyprocess,esp.change) 3.  toallow;permit;tolerate 4.  tobearupunder;endurenowchieflyinnegativeconstructionstheycouldnotsufferopposition verbintransitive5.  toexperiencepain,harm,loss,apenalty,etc. 6.  tobeatadisadvantage mygradessufferbycomparisonwithyours 7. Archaic totolerateorendureevil,injury,etc. SIMILARWORDS: bear,let Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformssufferer(ˈsufferer) noun WordoriginMEsuffren