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suffer
verb as in be in pain
Strongest matches
deteriorate, endure, experience, get, go through, hurt, undergo
Weak matches
be affected, be at disadvantage, be convulsed, be impaired, be racked, be wounded, complain of, fall off, feel wretched, have a bad time
verb as in endure, permit
Strongest matches
accept, bleed, encounter, experience, feel, go through, have, hurt, know, receive, see, support, sustain, take, undergo
Strong matches
abide, acquiesce, admit, allow, bear, bow, brave, brook, concede, countenance, indulge, let, license, sanction, stand, stomach, submit, swallow, sweat, tolerate, yield
Weak matches
bear with, carry the torch, live with, put up with, sit and take it, take it, wait out
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Example Sentences
I suffer from no delusion that the justice system treats black and white equally.
How does it happen that citizens of modest means suffer as public sector unions gain?
“One-third of South Asians and more than half of all Sub-Saharan Africans suffer from malnutrition or undernutrition,” he writes.
The birds are debeaked, suffer ulcers, and terrible feet conditions.
He was instructed several times to abuse the kids, he says, or he would suffer the abuse.
We suffer, nearly all of us, from a lack of quantitative grasp and from an imperfect grasp of form.
My mother opposed her vow to his; not to suffer her child to leave her, till the time of her being professed.
They will try to compel you to confession; and, though you are blameless, you will suffer the cruelest ordeal of transgression.
Is there any earthly father who would allow his children to suffer as God allows Man to suffer?
In that case, Valerie, you shall suffer no constraint; you shall continue here as you have done.
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On this page you'll find 237 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to suffer, such as: deteriorate, endure, experience, get, go through, and hurt.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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