Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
undergo hardship:
(archaic in English) to allow:
Русский
By meaning 4
undergo hardship:
become worse:
to endure, undergo:
(archaic in English) to allow:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
undergo hardship:
to endure, undergo:

Examples

1534 sentences

  1. He suffered from a bad cold.

    Він страждав від сильної застуди. — deniko

    deEr litt an einer schlimmen Erkältung. — Manfredo

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  2. He is suffering from a headache.

    Він страждає від головного болю. — oromashka

    ruОн страдает от головной боли. — odexed

    deEr leidet unter Kopfschmerzen. — wolfgangth

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  3. She's suffering from a serious disease.

    Вона серйозно хвора. — tikan0

    ruОна страдает из-за тяжёлого заболевания. — Biga

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Meaning

5 senses

  1. (intransitive)To undergo hardship.

    Many artists suffer before becoming famous.

    leiden

    страда́тьstradátʹ, му́чатьсяmúčatʹsja

    стражда́тиstraždáty, му́читисяmúčytysja, терпі́тиterpíty

  2. (intransitive)To become worse.

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

    страда́тьstradátʹ, пострада́тьpostradátʹ

    get worse in quality

  3. (transitive)To endure, undergo.

    I've been suffering your insults for years.

    We hope you never have to suffer the same pain.

    erleiden

    выде́рживатьvydérživatʹ, вы́держатьvýderžatʹ, выноси́тьvynosítʹ

More meanings 2

  1. (intransitive)To feel pain.

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

    leiden

    страда́тьstradátʹ, му́чатьсяmúčatʹsja

    стражда́тиstraždáty, му́читисяmúčytysja

  2. (archaic, transitive)To allow.

    дозволя́тьdozvoljátʹ

    дозволятиdozvoljaty

Origin

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, ho

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.

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Forms

suffers, suffering, suffered, suffered

regular · Lesson

Base formsuffer · to suffer
3rd person singularsuffers
Present participlesuffering
Past simplesuffered
Past participlesuffered

Tenses

suffer · suffered · will suffer · have suffered

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysuffer
he, she, itsuffers

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave suffered
he, she, ithas suffered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill suffer

Past simpleLesson

all personssuffered

Synonyms

76 synonyms
To become worse:worsenB2crackB2declineB2fadeB1lapseC1spendA1witherB1waneC2deteriorateatrophybreak downdegeneratedevolveconfound
To endure, undergo:bearA2acceptA2allowA2endureB1passA2pocketA1standA2stickB1stomachA2swallowA2takeA1tolerateB2undergoB1dree
To feel pain:agonizeB2anguishB2thole
(archaic)To allow:permitB1
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
be pleasedluxuriaterelaxA2
enjoy

Word family

24 related words
RelatedscreamB1squirmC2sublatesublationcry outgnashgroanmoanscrunchshriekspasmwincewrithesufferersufferancesuffering
Derivedinsufferableoutsuffersufferabilitysufferablesufferfestsuffer fromunsufferableunsuffered

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • is suffering from
  • suffered minor injuries
  • suffered a lot
  • suffers from headaches
  • suffered minor
  • suffered enough
  • still suffering

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
suedesueysufferersufferingB2sufficeC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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