suffer

About 20.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To undergo hardship.

   Many artists suffer before becoming famous.

2. verb To feel pain.

   At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.

3. verb To become worse.

   If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.

4. verb To endure, undergo.

   I've been suffering your insults for years.

5. verb To allow.

Similar words

ache hurt put up endure brook abide stand meet sustain tolerate

Often followed by

from the a for in and any no as

Word family

sufferable sufferableness sufferablenesses sufferably suffered sufferer sufferers suffering suffers