English Explanatory Dictionary

suffer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To undergo hardship.
  2. To feel pain.
  3. To become worse.
  4. To endure, undergo.
  5. To allow.

Pronunciation

sŭfʹər /ˈsʌfə/ /ˈsʌfɚ/ en-us-suffer.ogg

Word forms

suffer suffers suffering suffered no-table-tags glossary sufferest sufferedst suffereth

Etymology

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.

Synonyms

ache agonize anguish hurt pain passion suffer thole throe wark wring bear deteriorate worsen atrophy break down crack decline degenerate devolve confound fade fall off go bad go downhill go left go off go pear-shaped go sideways go south go to hell go to pot go to seed go to the dogs go wrong lapse molder pejorate retrograde spend sweal shrivel tabefy wither wither away wane wanse dree abear abide aby accept allow bide brook endure forbear go along with live with pass

Antonyms

be pleased luxuriate relax

Related words

sublate sublation cry out gnash groan moan scream scrunch shriek spasm squirm wince writhe agonized

Derived words

insufferable outsuffer sufferability sufferable sufferance suffer by comparison sufferer sufferfest suffer fools gladly gladly suffer fools suffer from suffering suffer in silence the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must unsufferable unsuffered
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