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suffer
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[ verb ] (medicine) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
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" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)- Held out_of Texas_Tech 's sweat_suits drill Monday at Lubbock was tackle Richard_Stafford , who is undergoing treatment for a leg injury suffered in the Raiders ' 38 - 7 loss to Texas_A+M . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Within a week after the injury , suffered in St._Louis 's victory in the final game of the Kentucky tournament , Nordmann was sitting on the Bill 's bench doing what he could to help Benington . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Mr._A. , her fellow townsman , also experienced a nervous_breakdown just as_soon_as he discovered that he had been bilked of his life savings by the limited practitioner who had been treating his wife - a woman suffering from an incurable disease , multiple_sclerosis - and himself . After his pains got_worse , Tom decided to see a real doctor , from whom he learned he was suffering from cancer of the lung . Doris_Hull , suffering from tuberculosis , was taken by her husband to see Otis_G._Carroll , a sanipractor - a licensed drugless healer - in Spokane . Related terms |
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[ verb ] undergo or be subjected to
Synonyms Examples "He suffered the penalty" "Many saints suffered martyrdom" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)This prohibition on love has an especially poignant relation to art ; it is particularly the artist ( Tonio_Kro^ger , Aschenbach , Leverku^hn ) who suffers from it . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The parties were on_the_whole unprepared for elections , while the people were still experiencing post independence let-down and suffering the after_effects of poor harvests in 1957 . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Even while suffering the trip to his home , Cook swore to Moore and Lane that he would kill the Indian . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Whereas , John_Brown has cheerfully risked his life in endeavoring to deliver those who are denied all rights and is this day doomed to suffer death for his efforts in behalf of those who have no helper : Related terms |
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[ verb ] endure (emotional pain)
Examples "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)She suffered a nervous_breakdown and had to be institutionalized . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)On Wednesday morning , November_2 , 1859 , the Providence_Daily_Journal stated that although Brown justly deserved the extreme penalty , no man , however criminal , ought to suffer the penalty without a fairer trial . Resolved that his wrongs and bereavements in Kansas , occasioned by the violence and brutality of those who were intent_on the propagation of slavery in that territory , call_for a charitable judgment upon his recent efforts in Virginia to undermine the despotism from which he had suffered , and commend his family to the special sympathy and aid of all who pity suffering and reverence justice . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)And thus torn between his desire to be known as the composer of a successful opera and the necessity of remaining true to his proclaimed desire for anonymity , Rousseau suffered through several painful weeks . |
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[ verb ] put up with something or somebody unpleasant
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" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Every man who dabbles_in the market to make a_little easy_money on_the_side and suffers losses could at the time hardly face his wife who was wondering how her husband could be so dumb . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)The concert opened with another big romantic score , Schumann's Overture_to_Manfred , which suffered fate , this time with orchestral thrusts to the Byronic point to keep it afloat . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)As we think_of the long and excruciating pain it must have suffered , we are very likely to say : `` It was a bad thing that the little animal should suffer so '' . If anyone asked us , after we made the remark that the suffering was a bad thing , whether we should think it relevant to what we said to learn that the incident had never occurred and no pain had been suffered at_all , we should say that it made all the difference in_the_world , that what we were asserting to be bad was precisely the suffering we thought had occurred back there , that if this had not occurred , there was nothing left to be bad , and that our assertion was in that case mistaken . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)It had just suffered a calamity , the final crisis in a long series of calamities . Related terms permit take pay accept stand_for bear_up take_lying_down take_a_joke sit_out endurance tolerance toleration |
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[ verb ] feel pain or be in pain
Synonyms Used in print ("Week by Week"...)We now have to think not_only of our national security but also of the future generations who will suffer from any tests we might undertake . (Guideposts BR-E01. Mr. America, 4:6 (November, 1961)...)Rose_Weiss , who handles all the prayer-requests that we receive , answering each letter personally , has the serene selflessness that comes from suffering : |
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[ verb ] feel unwell or uncomfortable
Examples "She is suffering from the hot weather" Used in print (Time magazine, 77:3...)Pursuing it , he has logged 500000 miles , suffered indescribable digestive indignities , and meticulously collected physiological data on the health and eating habits of 10000 individuals , from Bantu tribesmen to Italian contadini . |
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[ verb ] undergo or suffer
Synonyms Examples "meet a violent death" "suffer a terrible fate" Related terms |
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