Dictionary entry details
• SUFFER (verb)
Meaning:
Undergo or be subjected to
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
suffer; endure
Context examples:
He suffered the penalty / Many saints suffered martyrdom
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
experience; go through; see; undergo (go or live through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suffer"):
tolerate (have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen)
die (suffer or face the pain of death)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
enjoy (have for one's benefit)
Meaning:
Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
suffer; sustain; have; get
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
experience; get; have; receive; undergo (go through (mental or physical states or experiences))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suffer"):
break down; collapse (collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack)
break up; collapse; crack; crack up; crock up (suffer a nervous breakdown)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Endure (emotional pain)
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suffer"):
grieve; sorrow (feel grief; eat one's heart out)
lose (suffer the loss of a person through death or removal)
anguish (suffer great pains or distress)
agonise; agonize (suffer agony or anguish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue suffer
Meaning:
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
tolerate; endure; brook; abide; stomach; digest; bear; stick out; suffer; put up; stand; support
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suffer"):
pay (bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action)
sit out (endure to the end)
submit; take; undergo (accept or undergo, often unwillingly)
take a joke (listen to a joke at one's one expense)
take lying down (suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively)
bear up (endure cheerfully)
hold still for; stand for (tolerate or bear)
accept; live with; swallow (tolerate or accommodate oneself to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot suffer Sue
Meaning:
Get worse
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
His grades suffered
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
decline; worsen (grow worse)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Feel pain or be in pain
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
suffer; hurt
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suffer"):
have (suffer from; be ill with)
choke; gag; strangle; suffocate (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake)
ail (be unwell, ill, or ill disposed)
famish; hunger; starve (be hungry; go without food)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue suffer
Antonym:
be well (be healthy; feel good)
Meaning:
Feel physical pain
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
ache; hurt; suffer
Context example:
Were you hurting after the accident?
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suffer"):
catch; get (suffer from the receipt of)
twinge (feel a sudden sharp, local pain)
prick; sting; twinge (cause a stinging pain)
kill (be the source of great pain for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue suffer
Meaning:
Undergo or suffer
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
suffer; meet
Context examples:
meet a violent death / suffer a terrible fate
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
experience; go through; see; undergo (go or live through)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Feel unwell or uncomfortable
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
She is suffering from the hot weather
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "suffer"):
swelter (be uncomfortably hot)
freeze (be cold)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be given to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Context example:
She suffers from a tendency to talk too much
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
be given; incline; lean; run; tend (have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be set at a disadvantage
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
suffer; lose
Context example:
This author really suffers in translation
Hypernyms (to "suffer" is one way to...):
decline; worsen (grow worse)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
