Suffer
verb
To experience pain, loss, or hardship.
She is suffering from a severe headache.
Often appears as...
- suffer from
- suffer through
verb
To become worse or to deteriorate.
His health has suffered since he started working late.
Often appears as...
- suffer decline
- suffer deterioration
verb
To tolerate or allow something, especially something wrong or illegal.
We will not suffer such behavior in this house.
Often appears as...
- suffer behavior
- suffer injustice
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Formal
verb
To put up with or endure legal penalties.
He will suffer the consequences of his actions in court.
Often appears as...
- suffer penalties
- suffer consequences
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To experience pain, loss, or hardship.
She is suffering from a severe headache.
Often appears as...
- suffer from
- suffer through
verb
To become worse or to deteriorate.
His health has suffered since he started working late.
Often appears as...
- suffer decline
- suffer deterioration
verb
To tolerate or allow something, especially something wrong or illegal.
We will not suffer such behavior in this house.
Often appears as...
- suffer behavior
- suffer injustice
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To put up with or endure legal penalties.
He will suffer the consequences of his actions in court.
Often appears as...
- suffer penalties
- suffer consequences
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Suffer often carries emotional impact, implying deep discomfort or pain.
She couldn't hide how much she was suffering.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-term Condition
Use 'suffer' when referring to enduring pain or problems over a period.
He has been suffering from back pain for years.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
'Suffer' can imply hidden afflictions not immediately obvious to others.
Many suffer in silence from mental health issues.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Suffer often carries emotional impact, implying deep discomfort or pain.
She couldn't hide how much she was suffering.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-term Condition
Use 'suffer' when referring to enduring pain or problems over a period.
He has been suffering from back pain for years.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
'Suffer' can imply hidden afflictions not immediately obvious to others.
Many suffer in silence from mental health issues.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Suffer often carries emotional impact, implying deep discomfort or pain.
She couldn't hide how much she was suffering.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-term Condition
Use 'suffer' when referring to enduring pain or problems over a period.
He has been suffering from back pain for years.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
'Suffer' can imply hidden afflictions not immediately obvious to others.
Many suffer in silence from mental health issues.
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What is depression? -...
it takes the average person suffering with a mental illness over ten years to ask for help. But there are very effective treatments. Medications and therapy complement each other to boost brain chemicals. In extreme cases, electroconvulsive therapy, which is like a controlled seizure in the patient's brain,
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Why are some people...
can more easily find a set of right-handed clubs, many of the important instruments that have shaped society were designed for the right-handed majority. Because lefties are worse at using these tools, and suffer from higher accident rates, they would be less successful in a purely cooperative world,
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The five major world...
And while meditating under a bodhi tree, the rest of the answer came to him. All of life abounds with suffering. It's caused by selfish craving for one's own fulfillment at the expense of others. Following an eight-step plan can teach us to reduce that craving, and thus reduce the suffering.
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The psychology of...
It's like a disease where the sufferers feel pretty good, but the people around them suffer. Taken to the extreme, this behavior is classified as a psychological disorder called narcissistic personality disorder. It affects one to two percent of the population, more commonly men.
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A message of peace, hope...
getting your information from because if it's the mainstream I'd like to tell you that in the range that the mainstream was suffering from a serious strain of you know I would say an easier as far as the truth is concerned it would it will concentrate on something and completely
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Questions No One Knows...
Why do so many innocent people and animals suffer terrible things? Is there really a plan for my life? Is the future yet to be written, or is it already written and we just can't see it? But then, do I have free will? I mean, who am I anyway? Am I just a biological machine?
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Debunking the myths of...
OCD sufferers report feeling crazy for experiencing anxiety based on irrational thoughts and finding it difficult to control their responses. So what exactly causes OCD? The frustrating answer is we don't really know. However, we have some important clues.
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
It's our responsibility to do everything we can to help alleviate human suffering and safeguard the environment. Thank you. Thank you. Chris Powerfully argued.
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Could You Pass the...
now after watching the other suffer heads moment of truth has arrived unfazed he keeps dancing while all around him the others to come to the phrasing
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The Man Who Can Control...
he has such control over the bees he rarely suffers a single sting
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What is depression? -...
it takes the average person suffering with a mental illness over ten years to ask for help. But there are very effective treatments. Medications and therapy complement each other to boost brain chemicals. In extreme cases, electroconvulsive therapy, which is like a controlled seizure in the patient's brain,
Video examples
Why are some people...
can more easily find a set of right-handed clubs, many of the important instruments that have shaped society were designed for the right-handed majority. Because lefties are worse at using these tools, and suffer from higher accident rates, they would be less successful in a purely cooperative world,
Video examples
The five major world...
And while meditating under a bodhi tree, the rest of the answer came to him. All of life abounds with suffering. It's caused by selfish craving for one's own fulfillment at the expense of others. Following an eight-step plan can teach us to reduce that craving, and thus reduce the suffering.
Video examples
The psychology of...
It's like a disease where the sufferers feel pretty good, but the people around them suffer. Taken to the extreme, this behavior is classified as a psychological disorder called narcissistic personality disorder. It affects one to two percent of the population, more commonly men.
Video examples
A message of peace, hope...
getting your information from because if it's the mainstream I'd like to tell you that in the range that the mainstream was suffering from a serious strain of you know I would say an easier as far as the truth is concerned it would it will concentrate on something and completely
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
Why do so many innocent people and animals suffer terrible things? Is there really a plan for my life? Is the future yet to be written, or is it already written and we just can't see it? But then, do I have free will? I mean, who am I anyway? Am I just a biological machine?
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
OCD sufferers report feeling crazy for experiencing anxiety based on irrational thoughts and finding it difficult to control their responses. So what exactly causes OCD? The frustrating answer is we don't really know. However, we have some important clues.
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
It's our responsibility to do everything we can to help alleviate human suffering and safeguard the environment. Thank you. Thank you. Chris Powerfully argued.
Video examples
Could You Pass the...
now after watching the other suffer heads moment of truth has arrived unfazed he keeps dancing while all around him the others to come to the phrasing
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The Man Who Can Control...
he has such control over the bees he rarely suffers a single sting
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Quote examples
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.
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Michael Jackson
American Singer
Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
I suffered from low self-esteem for much of my life. And now to feel like maybe something that I'm projecting or saying could mean something to someone means a lot to me.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.
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Buddha
Leader
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.
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Michael Jackson
American Singer
Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history.
Quote examples
Viola Davis
American Actress
I suffered from low self-esteem for much of my life. And now to feel like maybe something that I'm projecting or saying could mean something to someone means a lot to me.
Quote examples
Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.
Quote examples
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.
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Buddha
Leader
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
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William Butler Yeats
Irish Poet
If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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