suffer
[ suhf-er ]
/ ˈsʌf ər /
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.
to endure pain, disability, death, etc., patiently or willingly.
verb (used with object)
Origin of suffer
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British Dictionary definitions for sufferer
suffer
/ (ˈsʌfə) /
verb
to undergo or be subjected to (pain, punishment, etc)
(tr)
to undergo or experience (anything)
to suffer a change of management
(intr)
to be set at a disadvantage
this author suffers in translation
to be prepared to endure (pain, death, etc)
he suffers for the cause of freedom
(tr) archaic
to permit (someone to do something)
suffer the little children to come unto me
suffer from
- to be ill with, esp recurrently
- to be given tohe suffers from a tendency to exaggerate
Derived forms of suffer
sufferer, nounWord Origin for suffer
C13: from Old French
soffrir, from Latin
sufferre, from
sub- +
ferre to bear
usage for suffer
It is better to avoid using the words
suffer and
sufferer in relation to chronic illness or disability. They may be considered demeaning and disempowering. Suitable alternative are
have,
experience,
be diagnosed with
Idioms and Phrases with sufferer
suffer
see not suffer fools gladly.