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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sufferable /ˈsʌfərəbəl ˈsʌfrə-/ adj - able to be tolerated or suffered; endurable
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024suf•fer /ˈsʌfɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to feel pain or great distress: [no object]She suffered greatly as a child.[~ + object]She suffered poverty as a child.
- to become worse;
deteriorate:[no object]My work suffers when I'm distracted. - to endure or be afflicted with something, such as a disease, injury, or loss: [no object]to suffer from Parkinson's disease.[~ + object]He suffered a sprain in his left leg.
- to experience (any action, process, or condition):[~ + object]to suffer change.
- to tolerate or allow:[~ + object]I do not suffer fools gladly.
suf•fer•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024suf•fer (suf′ər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to undergo or feel pain or distress:The patient is still suffering.
- to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss:One's health suffers from overwork. The business suffers from lack of capital.
- to undergo a penalty, as of death:The traitor was made to suffer on the gallows.
- to endure pain, disability, death, etc., patiently or willingly.
v.t. - to undergo, be subjected to, or endure (pain, distress, injury, loss, or anything unpleasant):to suffer the pangs of conscience.
- to undergo or experience (any action, process, or condition):to suffer change.
- to tolerate or allow:I do not suffer fools gladly.
- Vulgar Latin *sufferīre
- Latin sufferre, equivalent. to suf- suf- + ferre to bear1; compare Old French sofrir
- Middle English suff(e)ren 1200–50
suf′fer•a•ble, adj. suf′fer•a•ble•ness, n. suf′fer•a•bly, adv. suf′fer•er, n. - 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sustain.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stomach, stand, abide.
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