Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 2
"meet a violent death"
"suffer a terrible fate"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 3
"He suffered the penalty"
"Many saints suffered martyrdom"
Opposites:
enjoy
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 4
"Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 5
be given to
"She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 6
be set at a disadvantage
"This author really suffers in translation"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb
Sense 7
get worse
"His grades suffered"
Verb group:
lose
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb
Sense 8
"She is suffering from the hot weather"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 9
"She suffered a fracture in the accident"
"He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"
"She got a bruise on her leg"
"He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
Verb group:
have
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 10
"Were you hurting after the accident?"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 11
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"
"The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"
"he learned to tolerate the heat"
"She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
77%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
86
Times Searched
3
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