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verb /'sʌfɚ/
1
to experience physical or mental pain.
to experience pain, illness, or injury.
to be badly affected by a disease, pain, sadness, a lack of sth, etc.
to experience physical or mental pain.
to feel pain in your body or your mind.
If you suffer pain, you feel it in your body or in your mind.
At least he died suddenly and didn’t suffer.
She’s suffering a lot of pain.
Before the surgery/'sɝdʒəri/ it was clear that she was really suffering. [=was in pain]
He died instantly and did not suffer.
I hate to see animals suffering.
He made a rash decision and now he is suffering for it. [rash =/ræʃ/ if you are rash, you do things too quickly, without thinking carefully about whether they are sensible or not → foolish]
I think he suffered quite a lot when his wife left him.
She suffers terribly in the winter when it's cold and her joints get stiff.
If you're not happy with it, you should complain. Don't just suffer in silence (= without saying anything).
Don’t worry, the animal won’t suffer any pain.
When parents argue constantly, it’s the children who suffer most.
Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort...
Can you assure me that my father is not suffering?
2
to have a particular disease or medical condition, especially for a long time.
to have a particular illness or physical problem.
If you suffer from an illness or from some other bad condition, you are badly affected by it.
suffer from
Craig suffers from a rare bone disease.
The writer suffered from ill health for most of his life.
She suffers from arthritis/ɑr'θraɪtɪs/.
This patient is clearly suffering from shock/ʃɑk/.
He suffered a heart attack and died instantly.
She suffered an injury during the game.
He suffers from asthma.
road accident victims suffering from shock
Many companies are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff.
She's been suffering from (= been ill with) cancer for two years.
Johnny suffers from (= is often ill with) asthma.
patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
She suffered from depression for most of her adult life.
He was eventually diagnosed/ˌdaɪəɡ'nos/ as suffering from terminal cancer.
I realized he was suffering from shock.
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In everyday English, people usually say that someonehasa medical condition, rather thansuffers fromit:
Both her childrenhaveasthma /'æzmə/.
GRAMMAR
You suffer from an illness, disease, or condition:
He is suffering from pneumonia.
She suffers from anxiety.
✗Don’t say:He is suffering pneumonia. | She suffers anxiety.
You suffer injury, loss, damage, or pain:
He suffered terrible injuries.
3
if someone suffers an unpleasant or difficult experience, or is in a difficult situation, it happens to them or they experience it.
to experience something unpleasant (such as defeat, loss, or damage).
to experience sth unpleasant, such as injury, defeat or loss.
to experience or show the effects of something bad.
to experience something very unpleasant or painful.
to be badly affected by a very difficult or unpleasant situation.
If you suffer something bad, you are in a situation in which something painful, harmful, or very unpleasant happens to you.
If you suffer, you are badly affected by an event or situation.
suffer from
London employers were suffering from a desperate shortage of school-leavers.
Most of us have suffered the consequences of stupid decisions taken by others.
In June 1667, England suffered a humiliating/hju'mɪlɪet/ defeat by the Dutch.
suffer loss/damage/injury/'ɪndʒəri/
They are unlikely to suffer any further loss of business.
He suffered head injuries in the crash.
A man who suffered serious brain damage during an operation is suing the hospital.
Small businesses have suffered financially during the recession.
We suffered a great deal during the war.
I hate to see a child suffer.
She suffered through another one of their long visits.
The team suffered a defeat in the play-offs.
He broke the law, so he has to suffer the consequences. [=he has to be punished for what he has done]
He suffered a massive heart attack.
The party suffered a humiliating/hju'mɪlɪet/ defeat in the general election.
The company suffered huge losses in the last financial year.
The Democrats suffered a crushing defeat in the last election.
Twenty-five policemen suffered minor injuries during the protest.
The city suffered another blow last month with the closure of the local car factory.
If you will insist on eating three helpings of dessert, I'm afraid you'll have to suffer the consequences!
I had to suffer her father moaning for half an hour on the phone last night!
When you're working such long hours, it's inevitable/ɪn'ɛvɪtəbl/ that your marriage will start to suffer.
Like a lot of his films, it suffers from being a bit too long.
Some patients suffered severe side-effects from the treatment.
About one fifth of adults have suffered occasional periods of unemployment.
Our team suffered another humiliating defeat last night.
suffer the consequences
If you choose to ignore the rules, you’ll have to suffer the consequences.
a prolonged civil war, in which ordinary people have suffered terribly.
The region continues to suffer from serious pollution.
The peace process has suffered a serious blow now.
Romania suffered another setback in its efforts to obtain financial support for its reforms.
There are few who have not suffered.
It is obvious that Syria will suffer most from this change of heart.
4
to become worse in quality because a bad situation is affecting something or because nobody is taking care of it. OPP benefit
to become worse because of being badly affected by something.
to become worse.
to become worse or less successful.
If something suffers, it becomes worse because it has not been given enough attention or is in a bad situation.
Safety might suffer if costs are cut.
I’m worried and my work is beginning to suffer.
Their relationship suffered because of her work.
He was working so hard that his health began to suffer. [=he began to have health problems]
His parents told him he could play football as long as his grades didn't suffer (as a result).
His school work is suffering because of family problems.
Ben was constantly away from home on business and, not surprisingly, their relationship suffered.
I'm not surprised that your studies are suffering...
Without a major boost in tourism, the economy will suffer even further.
5
not suffer fools gladly
to not be patient with people you think are stupid.
to have very little patience with people that you think are stupid.
to have very little patience with people who you think are silly or have stupid ideas.
to not like being with people who you think are stupid.
an old word meaning ‘to allow something’.
If you do not suffer fools gladly, you are not patient with people who you think are stupid.
I’m worried and my work is beginning to suffer.
My mother was a woman who did not suffer fools gladly.
She was a forceful personality who didn't suffer fools gladly.
She doesn't suffer fools gladly and, in her view, most people are fools.
suffer fools gladly
to be kind to and patient with people who annoy or bother you - usually used in negative statements
