suffered
Went through hardship
Suffered is the past tense of suffer, meaning to experience pain, hardship, or something unpleasant: She suffered a broken leg in the fall, He suffered through years of chronic illness.
It can indicate decline or damage: His reputation suffered after the scandal.
To suffer something is also to tolerate or endure it: She doesn't suffer fools gladly.
Bore without yielding
- withstoodSuccessfully opposed or survived
- survivedRemained alive through hardship
- boreTiresome individual or drill
- toleratedPermitted without approval
persevered · overcame · weathered · resilience · fortitude · stoic · steadfast · uncomplaining
State following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavedDeprived by death
- widowedHaving lost one's spouse
orphaned · death · tragedy · casualty · fatality · devastation · heartbreak · sorrow
Persistent dull discomfort
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- chronicPersisting over time
acute · soreness · discomfort · stinging · burning · gnawing · tenderness · pang
Disorder impairing normal function
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- feverElevated body temperature
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
heart attack · diabetes · ailment · malady · symptoms · diagnosis · chronic · acute
Severe difficulty or suffering
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- povertySevere lack of resources
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- privationLack of necessities
austerity · misfortune · tribulation · ordeal · difficulty · distress · impoverishment · scarcity
Indirect results of actions
- setbackReverse in progress
- defeatVictory over another
- failureLack of success
- humiliationLoss of dignity
embarrassment · rejection · punishment · penalty · blow · damage · injury · wound
endured
Bore without yielding
- withstoodSuccessfully opposed or survived
- survivedRemained alive through hardship
- boreTiresome individual or drill
tolerated · persevered · overcame · weathered · resilience · fortitude · stoic · steadfast · uncomplaining · patient
bereavement
State following loss
widowed · orphaned · death · tragedy · casualty · fatality · devastation · heartbreak · sorrow · anguish
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
chronic · acute · soreness · discomfort · stinging · burning · gnawing · tenderness · pang · twinge
disease
Disorder impairing normal function
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- feverElevated body temperature
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
stroke · heart attack · diabetes · ailment · malady · symptoms · diagnosis · chronic · acute · hospitalized
adversity
Severe difficulty or suffering
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- povertySevere lack of resources
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
privation · austerity · misfortune · tribulation · ordeal · difficulty · distress · impoverishment · scarcity · want
repercussions
Indirect results of actions
humiliation · embarrassment · rejection · punishment · penalty · blow · damage · injury · wound · harm
- enduredsurvived, endured, weathered, withstood, tolerated
- creedsNicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, creed, credo
sufferedenjoyed
Experienced with pleasure
relished · savored · rejoiced · celebrated · appreciated
sufferedthrived
Grew vigorously, succeeded
flourished · prospered · blossomed · succeeded · triumphed
sufferedhealed
Returned to health
recovered · mended · recuperated · rallied · bounced back
- 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
- suffer by comparisonSeem worse when contrasted
suffer, suffering, insufferable, suffers, sufferer, sufferance, sufferable