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suf·fer · 1. To feel pain or distress; sustain injury or harm: suffer from arthritis; made the people suffer for their disloyalty. · 2. a. To have a specified ... Sufferingfrom-definitionofsufferingfrombyTheFreeDictionaryhttps://www.thefreedictionary.com/suffering+fromPrinterFriendly suffer(redirectedfromsufferingfrom)Alsofoundin:Thesaurus,Medical,Legal,Idioms. suf·fer (sŭf′ər)v.suf·fered,suf·fer·ing,suf·fersv.intr.1.Tofeelpainordistress;sustaininjuryorharm:sufferfromarthritis;madethepeoplesufferfortheirdisloyalty.2.a.Tohaveaspecifiedshortcomingorweakness:writingthatsuffersfrompoororganization.b.Tosustainaloss,setback,ordeclineineffectiveness;becomeworse:Whenmoraledrops,thecompany'sperformancesuffers.c.Toappearatadisadvantage:"Hesuffersbycomparisonwithhisgreatercontemporary"(AlbertC.Baugh).v.tr.1.a.Toexperience,undergo,orfeel(somethingpainful,injurious,orunpleasant):sufferaheartattack;sufferadebilitatingillness;sufferpain.b.Toundergoorbesubjectedto(anegativeexperienceordevelopment):ateamthatsufferedadefeat;aspeciesthatsufferedadeclineinpopulation;abusinessthatsufferedhugelosses.2.a.Toputupwith;tolerate:Shedoesnotsufferfoolseasily.SeeSynonymsatendure.b.Topermit;allow:"Theywerenotsufferedtoaspiretosoexaltedapositionasthatofstreetcarconductor"(EdmundS.Morgan).[MiddleEnglishsuffren,fromOldFrenchsufrir,fromVulgarLatin*sufferīre,fromLatinsufferre:sub-,sub-+ferre,tocarry;seebher-inIndo-Europeanroots.]suf′fer·ern.suf′fer·ing·lyadv.AmericanHeritage®DictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,FifthEdition.Copyright©2016byHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany.PublishedbyHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany.Allrightsreserved.suffer(ˈsʌfə)vb1.toundergoorbesubjectedto(pain,punishment,etc)2.(tr)toundergoorexperience(anything):tosufferachangeofmanagement.3.(intr)tobesetatadisadvantage:thisauthorsuffersintranslation.4.tobepreparedtoendure(pain,death,etc):hesuffersforthecauseoffreedom.5.(tr)archaictopermit(someonetodosomething):sufferthelittlechildrentocomeuntome.6.sufferfroma.tobeillwith,esprecurrentlyb.tobegivento:hesuffersfromatendencytoexaggerate.[C13:fromOldFrenchsoffrir,fromLatinsufferre,fromsub-+ferretobear]ˈsufferernUsage:Itisbettertoavoidusingthewordssufferandsuffererinrelationtochronicillnessordisability.Theymaybeconsidereddemeaninganddisempowering.Suitablealternativearehave,experience,bediagnosedwithCollinsEnglishDictionary–CompleteandUnabridged,12thEdition2014©HarperCollinsPublishers1991,1994,1998,2000,2003,2006,2007,2009,2011,2014suf•fer(ˈsʌfər)v.i.1.toundergoorfeelpainorgreatdistress.2.tosustaininjury,disadvantage,orloss.3.toendureorbeafflictedwithsomethingtemporarilyorchronically:tosufferwithacold;tosufferfromparkinsonism.4.toundergoapenalty,asofdeath.v.t.5.toundergo,besubjectedto,orendure(pain,distress,injury,loss,oranythingunpleasant).6.toundergoorexperience(anyaction,process,orcondition):tosufferchange.7.totolerateorallow:Idonotsufferfoolsgladly.[1200–50;