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- Dictionarysuffer/ˈsʌfə/
verb
- 1. experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant): "he suffered intense pain" Similar
- 2. tolerate: archaic "he severely reprimanded him for his conduct thus far, and declared to him that he would suffer it no longer" Similar
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SUFFER definition: 1. to experience physical or mental pain: 2. to experience or show the effects of something bad…. Learn more.
1. : to endure death, pain, or distress. 2. : to sustain loss or damage. 3. : to be subject to disability or handicap. sufferable. ˈsə-f (ə-)rə-bəl. adjective.
verb (used without object) to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering. to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss: One's health suffers from overwork. The business suffers from lack of capital. to undergo a penalty, as of death: The traitor was made to suffer on the gallows.
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.
[transitive] suffer something to experience something unpleasant, such as injury, defeat or loss. to suffer a stroke/heart attack. Victims suffered severe injuries in the accident. The company suffered huge losses in the last financial year. Crops suffered serious damage as a result of the floods.
SUFFER definition: 1. to experience pain or unpleasant emotions: 2. to have an illness or other health problem: 3…. Learn more.
1. to undergo (something painful or unpleasant, as injury, grief, a loss, etc.); be afflicted with. 2. to undergo or experience (any process, esp. change) 3. to allow; permit; tolerate. 4. to bear up under; endure. now chiefly in negative constructions.
