suffer
/ˈsʌfɚ/ verb B1- To undergo hardship. · Many artists suffer before becoming famous.
- To feel pain. · At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.
- To become worse. · If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.
- To endure, undergo. · I've been suffering your insults for years.· We hope you never have to suffer the same pain.
Plural suffer · He/she/it suffers · Past suffered · Past participle suffered · -ing form suffering
Verb forms
- Base form
- suffer
- He/she/it
- suffers
- Past
- suffered
- Past participle
- suffered
- -ing form
- suffering
From the library
“Ah, Danglars!” whispered Caderousse, “you have deceived me—the trick you spoke of last night has been played; but I cannot suffer a poor old man or an innocent girl to die of grief through your fault.
“I’m not suffering for company,” said Marilla shortly.
Those who suffer most cry out the least.
“Suffer me, also, madame,” replied Villefort, “to add my earnest request to Mademoiselle de Saint-Méran’s, that you will kindly allow the veil of oblivion to cover and conceal the past.
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