| suffer | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. endure, suffer | undergo or be subjected to.; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" |
| ~ tolerate | have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition.; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him" |
| ~ die | suffer or face the pain of death.; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (body) | 2. get, have, suffer, sustain | undergo (as of injuries and illnesses).; "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" |
| ~ collapse, break down | collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack. |
| ~ cramp | suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle. |
| ~ have | suffer from; be ill with.; "She has arthritis" |
| ~ crack up, crock up, collapse, break up, crack | suffer a nervous breakdown. |
| ~ experience, have, receive, get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences).; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. suffer | experience (emotional) pain.; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
| ~ brook, endure, tolerate, abide, stomach, bear, digest, stick out, put up, suffer, stand, support | put up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| ~ agonise, agonize | suffer agony or anguish. |
| ~ anguish | suffer great pains or distress. |
| ~ lose | suffer the loss of a person through death or removal.; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her" |
| ~ grieve, sorrow | feel grief. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate | put up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| ~ live with, accept, swallow | tolerate or accommodate oneself to.; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" |
| ~ hold still for, stand for | tolerate or bear.; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!" |
| ~ bear up | endure cheerfully.; "She bore up under the enormous strain" |
| ~ take lying down | suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively.; "I won't take this insult lying down" |
| ~ take a joke | listen to a joke at one's own expense.; "Can't you take a joke?" |
| ~ sit out | endure to the end. |
| ~ pay | bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action.; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ suffer | experience (emotional) pain.; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
| v. (change) | 5. suffer | get worse.; "His grades suffered" |
| ~ decline, worsen | grow worse.; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
| ~ lose, suffer | be set at a disadvantage.; "This author really suffers in translation" |
| v. (body) | 6. hurt, suffer | feel pain or be in pain. |
| ~ have | suffer from; be ill with.; "She has arthritis" |
| ~ choke, gag, strangle, suffocate | struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" |
| ~ ail | be ill or unwell. |
| ~ famish, starve, hunger | be hungry; go without food.; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (perception) | 7. ache, hurt, suffer | feel physical pain.; "Were you hurting after the accident?" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ catch, get | suffer from the receipt of.; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" |
| ~ twinge | feel a sudden sharp, local pain. |
| ~ twinge, prick, sting | cause a stinging pain.; "The needle pricked his skin" |
| ~ kill | be the source of great pain for.; "These new shoes are killing me!" |
| v. (body) | 8. suffer | feel unwell or uncomfortable.; "She is suffering from the hot weather" |
| ~ freeze | be cold.; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on" |
| ~ swelter | be uncomfortably hot. |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 9. suffer | be given to.; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much" |
| ~ be given, incline, tend, lean, run | have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" |
| v. (perception) | 10. meet, suffer | undergo or suffer.; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (change) | 11. lose, suffer | be set at a disadvantage.; "This author really suffers in translation" |
| ~ decline, worsen | grow worse.; "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
| ~ suffer | get worse.; "His grades suffered" |
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