suffer

How to use suffer in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for suffer.

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I'd already started to suffer major burn-out / a bit of a breakdown, so I quit.

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Quick take

undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of suffer gathered in one view.

verb

undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

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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"

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experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for suffer.

verb

undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

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experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"

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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"

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get worse; "His grades suffered"

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feel pain or be in pain

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feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"

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feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"

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be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"

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

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be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"

Example sentences

I'd already started to suffer major burn-out / a bit of a breakdown, so I quit.

However, if you annoy me, disrespect me, I will make you suffer like you've never known.

It's like they are saying, "If you can at least pretend that I'm a good person, just doing my job, then you won't have to suffer.

She's not going to suffer in compensation or reputation.

Most of these devices suffer from catastrophic single-point failures in their designs.

Yet these paintings don't appear to suffer from such distortion, the shape and color reproduction is as exact as a tracing or photograph.

Especially if the suffer consequences like jail and torture.- Facebook, Google, especially Palantir are known collaborators and we should treat them as such

Being white earns you stares here, it is well known that the Chinese suffer from the same problem we do; it is difficult to tell white people apart, much like we may find it difficult to tell some ethnic Chinese apart.

By plagiarizing papers and programs, students completely miss the point of the exercise -- to learn to think!Indian colleges are by and large failing this primary responsibility of education, and their students suffer as a result.