Suffer \Suf"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Suffering.] [OE. suffren, soffren, OF. sufrir, sofrir,
F. souffrir, (assumed) LL. sofferire, for L. sufferre; sub
under + ferre to bear, akin to E. bear. See Bear to
support.]
1. 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.
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2. To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to
sustain; to bear up under.
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Our spirit and strength entire,
Strongly to suffer and support our pains. --Milton.
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3. 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.
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If your more ponderous and settled project
May suffer alteration. --Shak.
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4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
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Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not
suffer sin upon him. --Lev. xix.
17.
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I suffer them to enter and possess. --Milton.
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Syn: To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit;
tolerate. See Permit.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Suffering \Suf"fer*ing\, a.
Being in pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Suffering \Suf"fer*ing\, n.
The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured;
distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or
sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. "Souls in sufferings
tried." --Keble.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suffering
adj 1: troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
2: very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and
miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity";
"wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages" [syn: miserable,
wretched]
n 1: a state of acute pain [syn: agony, excruciation]
2: misery resulting from affliction [syn: woe]
3: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
great distress" [syn: distress, hurt]
4: feelings of mental or physical pain [syn: hurt]
WordNet (r) 2.0
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "suffering":
Schmerz, ache, aches and pains, aching, admissive, adversity,
afflicted, affliction, agonized, agony, allowing, blow, consenting,
convulsed, cramp, crucified, cut, discomfort, distress, distressed,
dolor, grief, hardship, harrowed, hurt, hurting, in distress,
in pain, indulgent, injury, lacerated, lax, lenient, lesion,
malaise, martyred, martyrized, misery, misfortune, nasty blow,
nonprohibitive, on the rack, pain, pained, pang, passion,
permissive, permitting, racked, shock, sore, sore spot, spasm,
stress, stress of life, stroke, tender spot, throes, tolerant,
tolerating, torment, tormented, torture, tortured, trial,
tribulation, twisted, under the harrow, unprohibitive, wound,
wounded, wrench, wrung
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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