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Adjective suffering has 2 senses
- suffering - troubled by pain or loss; "suffering refugees"
Antonym: untroubled (indirect, via troubled)
- miserable, suffering, wretched - very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity"; "wretched prisoners huddled in stinking cages"
Antonym: happy (indirect, via unhappy)
Noun suffering has 4 senses
- agony, suffering, excruciation - a state of acute pain
--1 is a kind of pain, hurting
--1 has particulars: throe; Passion, Passion of Christ
- suffering, woe - misery resulting from affliction
--2 is a kind of misery, wretchedness
- distress, hurt, suffering - psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
--3 is a kind of pain, painfulness
--3 has particulars:
- suffering, hurt - feelings of mental or physical pain
--4 is a kind of pain, painfulness
--4 has particulars:
Verb suffer has 11 senses
- suffer, endure - undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
--1 is one way to experience, undergo, see, go through
Antonyms: enjoy
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- suffer, sustain, have, get - undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
--2 is one way to experience, receive, have, get, undergo
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- suffer - endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
--3 is one way to feel, experience
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue suffer
- digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
--4 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot suffer Sue
- suffer - get worse; "His grades suffered"
--5 is one way to worsen, decline
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- suffer, hurt - feel pain or be in pain
--6 is one way to be
Antonyms: be well
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue suffer
- hurt, ache, suffer - feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
--7 is one way to perceive, comprehend
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue suffer
- suffer, meet - undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"
--8 is one way to experience, undergo, see, go through
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- suffer - feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
--9 is one way to be
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- suffer - be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
--10 is one way to tend, be given, lean, incline, run
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- suffer, lose - be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"
--11 is one way to worsen, decline
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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