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- pronunciation:
- suh
f
 r
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
suffers, suffering, suffered |
| definition 1: |
to feel pain or misfortune.
She suffers from headaches.He suffered for his past mistakes.- synonyms:
- hurt
- similar words:
- ache, ail, grieve, pay, trouble
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| definition 2: |
to be harmed or hurt in some way.
His grades suffered when he started playing football.- synonyms:
- deteriorate
- antonyms:
- benefit
- similar words:
- decline, drop off, lose
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| definition 3: |
to experience or endure.
She suffered the loss of her job.- synonyms:
- endure, experience, undergo
- similar words:
- accept, bear, encounter, tolerate
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| related words: |
brave, experience, get, receive, stand, swallow |
| derivations: |
sufferable (adj.), sufferably (adv.), sufferer (n.) |
The word suffer
contains the following parts:
suf-
Latin
prefix
that means under, below
  More about this word part:
The prefix suf-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of sub- used before roots beginning with "f," such as "fus" and "fix." See sub-.
Example words:
fer, lat2, -late
Latin
root
that means carry, bring
More about this word part:
Example words:
aquifer, confer, conference, conifer, defer1, differ, different, ferry, infer, offer, prefer, preference, refer, relate, relation, relative, suffer, transfer, translate, translation
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