sufferer

suf·fer  (sfr)

v. suf·fered, suf·fer·ing, suf·fers

v.intr.

1. To feel pain or distress; sustain loss, injury, harm, or punishment.

2. To tolerate or endure evil, injury, pain, or death. See Synonyms at bear¹.

3. To appear at a disadvantage: "He suffers by comparison with his greater contemporary" (Albert C. Baugh).

v.tr.

1. To undergo or sustain (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant): "Ordinary men have always had to suffer the history their leaders were making" (Herbert J. Muller).

2. To experience; undergo: suffer a change in staff.

3. To endure or bear; stand: would not suffer fools.

4. To permit; allow: "They were not suffered to aspire to so exalted a position as that of streetcar conductor" (Edmund S. Morgan).

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[Middle English suffren, from Old French sufrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferre, from Latin sufferre : sub-, sub- + ferre, to carry; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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suffer·er n.

suffer·ing·ly adv.

Usage Note: In general usage the preferred preposition after suffer is from, rather than with, in constructions such as He suffered from hypertension. Ninety-four percent of the Usage Panel found suffered with unacceptable in the preceding example. In medical usage suffer with is sometimes employed with reference to the pain or discomfort caused by a condition, while suffer from is used more broadly in reference to a condition, such as anemia, that is detrimental but not necessarily painful.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sufferer - a person suffering from an illness   diseased person, sick person unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune anorectic, anorexic - a person suffering from anorexia nervosa bulimic - a person suffering from bulimia consumptive, tubercular, lunger - a person with pulmonary tuberculosis convalescent - a person who is recovering from illness depressive - someone suffering psychological depression diabetic - someone who has diabetes dyspeptic - a person suffering from indigestion epileptic - a person who has epilepsy bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac - someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding incurable - a person whose disease is incurable insomniac, sleepless person - someone who cannot sleep invalid, shut-in - someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury lazar, leper - a person afflicted with leprosy lunatic, madman, maniac - an insane person manic-depressive - a person afflicted with manic-depressive illness monomaniac - a person suffering from monomania narcoleptic - a person who has narcolepsy neurasthenic - a person suffering a nervous breakdown mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis patient - a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly" psycho, psychotic, psychotic person - a person afflicted with psychosis rheumatic - a person suffering with rheumatism syphilitic - a person suffering from syphilis valetudinarian - weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health spewer, vomiter - a person who vomits
	2.	sufferer - one who suffers for the sake of principle martyr shaheed - Arabic term for holy martyrs; applied by Palestinians to suicide bombers victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

Translations

sufferer [ˈsʌfərəʳ] n → víctima f;

(MED);

sufferer from → enfermo/a de

sufferer [ˈsʌfərəʳ] n → malade m/f; victime m/f

sufferer [ˈsʌfərəʳ] suffer n → Leidende(r) f(m)

sufferer [ˈsʌfərəʳ] n (MED): sufferer (from) → malato/a (di)