Dictionary Entry
suffer
suffer is a 6-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
- 2transitive verb
To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
- 3transitive verb
To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.
- 4transitive verb
To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
- 5intransitive verb
To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.
- 6intransitive verb
To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.
- 7intransitive verb
To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
- 8verb
feel pain or be in pain
Synonyms
- 9verb
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
"She suffered a fracture in the accident"
"He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"
- 10verb
feel unwell or uncomfortable
"She is suffering from the hot weather"
- 11verb
get worse
"His grades suffered"
- 12verb
be set at a disadvantage
"This author really suffers in translation"
Synonyms
- 13verb
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"
"The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
- 14verb
experience (emotional) pain
"Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
- 15verb
undergo or be subjected to
"He suffered the penalty"
"Many saints suffered martyrdom"
Synonyms
- 16verb
undergo or suffer
"meet a violent death"
"suffer a terrible fate"
Synonyms
- 17verb
feel physical pain
"Were you hurting after the accident?"
- 18verb
be given to
"She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
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