suffer
Experience hardship unwillingly
Suffer means to experience something painful or unpleasant—physical pain, emotional distress, or hardship: She suffered a broken leg in the accident, He suffered greatly after the divorce.
It extends to undergoing any negative effect: The economy suffered during the recession.
In older or formal usage, suffer means to allow or tolerate: Suffer the little children to come unto me.
To suffer fools gladly is to tolerate stupid people patiently—usually said of someone who doesn't.
Extreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
hurt · affliction · woe · grief · sorrow · heartache · despair · trauma
Large furry omnivore
- withstandRemain intact despite pressure
- undergoBe subjected to
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- braveShowing courage despite fear
tolerate · abide · sustain · experience · face · stomach · brook · stand
Official written authorization
- toleratePermit without approval
- letGive permission
- admitConfess or grant entry
- countenanceFace or expression
sanction · authorize · consent · acquiesce · accede · concede · yield · grant
Severe difficulty or suffering
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- povertySevere lack of resources
- privationLack of necessities
- wantTo desire something
destitution · penury · impoverishment · famine · starvation · homelessness · misfortune · trials
agony
Extreme physical or emotional pain
misery · hurt · affliction · woe · grief · sorrow · heartache · despair · trauma · ache
bear
Large furry omnivore
brave · tolerate · abide · sustain · experience · face · stomach · brook · stand · accept
permit
Official written authorization
countenance · sanction · authorize · consent · acquiesce · accede · concede · yield · grant · indulge
adversity
Severe difficulty or suffering
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- povertySevere lack of resources
- privationLack of necessities
want · destitution · penury · impoverishment · famine · starvation · homelessness · misfortune · trials · struggle
punishment
Penalty for an offense
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- repercussionIndirect result of action
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
payback · reckoning · damage · injury · harm · loss · setback · cost · toll · aftermath
deteriorate
Grow worse over time
diminish · fail · collapse · falter · languish · wither · decay · atrophy · crumble · wane
- negative verbsdeny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid
- bodily harmhurt, injure, wound, harm, injuries
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing
- endurancestamina, endure, perseverance, persistence, staying power
- mental verbsthink, believe, know, imagine, remember
- searchsearch, web search, seek, text search, hunt
- suffer in silenceEndure pain without complaint
- suffer fromExperience something painful
- pain and sufferingDistress from harm
- human sufferingDistress experienced by people
- long sufferingPatient endurance of trials
- women's suffrageVoting rights for females
suffering, suffered, insufferable, suffers, sufferer, suffrage, long-suffering, sufferers, sufferance