Definitions for suffer
ˈsʌf ərsuf·fer

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suffer, endureverb

   undergo or be subjected to

   "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

2. suffer, sustain, have, getverb

   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"

3. sufferverb

   experience (emotional) pain

   "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"

4. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb

   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"

5. sufferverb

   get worse

   "His grades suffered"

6. suffer, hurtverb

   feel pain or be in pain

7. hurt, ache, sufferverb

   feel physical pain

   "Were you hurting after the accident?"

8. sufferverb

   feel unwell or uncomfortable

   "She is suffering from the hot weather"

9. sufferverb

   be given to

   "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"

10. suffer, meetverb

    undergo or suffer

    "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

11. suffer, loseverb

    be set at a disadvantage

    "This author really suffers in translation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sufferverb

   To undergo hardship.

2. sufferverb

   To feel pain.

   At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.

3. sufferverb

   To have a disease or condition.

   He's suffering from the flu this week.

4. sufferverb

   To become worse.

   If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.

5. sufferverb

   To endure, undergo.

6. sufferverb

   To allow.

7. Etymology: From suffren, from suffrir, from suffero, from sub- + fero, from bʰer-.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To SUFFERverb

   Etymology: suffero, Latin; souffrir, French.

   1. To bear; to undergo; to feel with sense of pain.

   A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment. Prov. xix.

   A woman suffered many things of physicians, and spent all she had. Mark v. 26.

   Obedience impos’d,
   On penalty of death, and suffering death. John Milton.

   2. To endure; to support; not to sink under.

   Our spirit and strength entire
   Strongly to suffer and support our pains. John Milton.

   3. To allow; to permit; not to hinder.

   He wond’red that your Lordship
   Would suffer him to spend his youth at home. William Shakespeare.

   Oft have I seen a hot o’erweening cur,
   Run back and bite, because he was withheld:
   Who being suffered, with the bear’s fell paw,
   Hath clapt his tail betwixt his legs and cry’d. William Shakespeare.

   My duty cannot suffer
   T’ obey in all your daughter’s hard commands. William Shakespeare.

   Rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Lev.

   I suffer them to enter and possess. John Milton.

   He that will suffer himself to be informed by observation, will find few signs of a soul accustomed to much thinking in a new born child. John Locke.

   4. To pass through; to be affected by.

   The air now must suffer change. John Milton.

2. To Sufferverb

   1. To undergo pain or inconvenience.

   My breast I arm to overcome by suffering. John Milton.

   Prudence and good breeding are in all stations necessary; and most young men suffer in the want of them. John Locke.

   2. To undergo punishment.

   The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following. Edward Hyde.

   He thus
   Was forc’d to suffer for himself and us!
   Heir to his father’s sorrows with his crown. Dryden.

   3. To be injured.

   Publick business suffers by private infirmities, and kingdoms fall into weaknesses by the diseases or decays of those that manage them. William Temple.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suffer

   Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, may be an experience of unpleasantness or aversion, possibly associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. Suffering is the basic element that makes up the negative valence of affective phenomena. The opposite of suffering is pleasure or happiness. Suffering is often categorized as physical or mental. It may come in all degrees of intensity, from mild to intolerable. Factors of duration and frequency of occurrence usually compound that of intensity. Attitudes toward suffering may vary widely, in the sufferer or other people, according to how much it is regarded as avoidable or unavoidable, useful or useless, deserved or undeserved. Suffering occurs in the lives of sentient beings in numerous manners, often dramatically. As a result, many fields of human activity are concerned with some aspects of suffering. These aspects may include the nature of suffering, its processes, its origin and causes, its meaning and significance, its related personal, social, and cultural behaviors, its remedies, management, and uses.

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1. suffer

   Suffer refers to experience or undergo something painful, unpleasant, or difficult. It can also mean tolerating or allowing something to continue. Additionally, it may imply being negatively affected by an illness, injury, loss, or misfortune.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sufferverb

   to feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind

2. Sufferverb

   to endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under

3. Sufferverb

   to undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage

4. Sufferverb

   to allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate

5. Sufferverb

   to feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety

6. Sufferverb

   to undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death

7. Sufferverb

   to be injured; to sustain loss or damage

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1. Suffer

   Suffer is the third album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on the Californian independent record label Epitaph Records on September 8, 1988. It was the first album that was both released and distributed by the label. Following the release of the EP Back to the Known, Bad Religion went on a temporary hiatus, then reunited with its original members and went to work on its first full-length studio album in five years. Although Suffer was not charted in Billboard, it has been cited by some critics as one of the most important punk rock albums of all time. After its release, Suffer quickly became Epitaph Records' best seller and was the label's best-selling album for a number of years, until the release of The Offspring's 1994 highly acclaimed album Smash. A plethora of third-wave punk bands cite this album as a major inspiration; NOFX's Fat Mike has called it "the record that changed everything."

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suffer

   suf′ėr, v.t. to undergo: to endure: to be affected by: to permit.—v.i. to feel pain or punishment: to sustain loss: to be injured.—adj. Suff′erable, that may be suffered: allowable.—n. Suff′erableness.—adv. Suff′erably.—ns. Suff′erance, state of suffering: endurance: permission: toleration; Suff′erer; Suff′ering, distress, loss, or injury. [L. sufferre—sub, under, ferre, to bear.]

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Experience
   • Feel
   • Perceive
   • Tend
   • Worsen

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suffer' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2968

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suffer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2712

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suffer' in Verbs Frequency: #182

Anagrams for suffer »

1. ruffes

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of suffer in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of suffer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of suffer in a Sentence

1. Jeff Brown:

   If the world goes the direction of European targets, some markets can go from high growth to low growth or no growth. Profits could suffer.

2. William Weinreb:

   The purpose of that kind of bomb is to shred flesh, shatter bone, set people on fire and cause people to suffer painful deaths.

3. Jehuda Evron , 88:

   Holocaust survivors ... shouldn't have to suffer now. They are dying without justice in Poland.

4. Jeb Bush:

   If Lincoln were alive today, imagine the foolishness he would have to suffer. Advisers telling him to shave his beard. Cable pundits telling him to lose the top hat, opposition researchers calling him a five-time loser before the age of 50.

5. Austin Kim:

   It's at the choke point that you really suffer, you will not easily get onto that bridge in rush hour.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=suffer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Suffer
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=suffer
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffer
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suffer
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=suffer
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=suffer