suffer
verb
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
undergo or be subjected to
He suffered the penalty
Types & categories
- experience hypernym
- tolerate hyponym
- die hyponym
Related & opposite
- enjoy antonym
Sense 2 verb
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
She suffered a fracture in the accident
Types & categories
- experience hypernym
- collapse hyponym
- cramp hyponym
- crack up hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
experience (emotional) pain
Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
I cannot bear his constant criticism
Types & categories
- permit hypernym
- live with hyponym
- hold still for hyponym
- bear up hyponym
- take lying down hyponym
- take a joke hyponym
- sit out hyponym
- pay hyponym
Related & opposite
- abidance derivation
- tolerance derivation
- toleration derivation
- endurance derivation
- tolerant derivation
- patient of derivation
- bearable derivation
- suffer verb group
Sense 5 verb
get worse
His grades suffered
Types & categories
- decline hypernym
Related & opposite
- suffer verb group
Sense 6 verb
feel pain or be in pain
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- be well antonym
- sufferance derivation
- hurt derivation
- sufferer derivation
- harm derivation
- pain derivation
- excruciation derivation
Sense 7 verb
feel physical pain
Were you hurting after the accident?
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
feel unwell or uncomfortable
She is suffering from the hot weather
Types & categories
Sense 9 verb
be given to
She suffers from a tendency to talk too much
Types & categories
- incline hypernym
Sense 10 verb
undergo or suffer
meet a violent death
Types & categories
- experience hypernym
Sense 11 verb
be set at a disadvantage
This author really suffers in translation
Types & categories
- decline hypernym
Related & opposite
- suffer verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | enjoy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | experience |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tolerate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | die |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sufferer |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | have |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | experience |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | collapse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cramp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crack up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | martyr |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | woe |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | brook |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | feel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | agonize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | anguish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lose |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sorrow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | abidance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tolerance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | toleration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | endurance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tolerant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | patient of |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bearable |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | suffer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | permit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | live with |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold still for |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bear up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | take lying down |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | take a joke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sit out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pay |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | suffer |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | be well |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sufferance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | hurt |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sufferer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | harm |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | excruciation |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | have |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | ail |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | starve |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hurt |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sufferer |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | harm |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | ache |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | excruciation |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceive |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | twinge |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | twinge |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | kill |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | freeze |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | swelter |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | incline |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | experience |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | suffer |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | decline |