suffer
Definitions
- To undergo hardship
- (a feeling of) pain or misery. The shortage of food caused widespread suffering; She keeps complaining about her sufferings. lyding عَذاب، مُعاناه страдание sofrimento utrpení das Leiden lidelse ταλαιπωρία, δεινοπάθημα sufrimiento kannatus رنج kärsimys souffranceסבל पीड़ा, कष्ट, दर्द, क्षति, हानि, नुकसान, दु:खभोग, व्यथा, दु:ख, तकलीफ trpljenje, patnja fájdalom penderitaan þjáning sofferenza 苦しみ 고통 kančia, kentėjimas ciešanas penderitaan pijn, noodlidelsecierpienie, ból رنځ sofrimento suferinţă...
- To feel pain
- sufrir, padecer;to ___ from → padecer de.
- To become worse
- To feel pain or distress; sustain injury or harm: suffer from arthritis; made the people suffer for their disloyalty.
- To endure, undergo
- To have a specified shortcoming or weakness: writing that suffers from poor organization.
- To allow
- To experience, undergo, or feel (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant): suffer a heart attack; suffer a debilitating illness; suffer pain.
- To put up with; tolerate: She does not suffer fools easily. See Synonyms at endure.
- to undergo or be subjected to (pain, punishment, etc)
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(tr) to undergo or experience (anything): to suffer a change of management. tr
- (intr) to be set at a disadvantage: this author suffers in translation.
- to be prepared to endure (pain, death, etc): he suffers for the cause of freedom.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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