suf·fer (s f  r)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). [Middle English suffren, from Old French sufrir, from Vulgar Latin *suffer  re, from Latin sufferre : sub-, sub- + ferre, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]suf fer·er n.suf fer·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. |
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| Noun | 1. |  sufferer - a person suffering from an illness unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune bulimic - a person suffering from bulimia 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 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 patient - a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly" 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 |
| 2. |  sufferer - one who suffers for the sake of principleshaheed - 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 [illness] → malade mf
sufferers of chronic disease → les malades chroniques
sufferers of asthma → les asthmatiques
hay-fever sufferers → les personnes sujettes au rhume des foins
Aids sufferers → les malades du sida
cancer sufferers → les malades du cancer
arthritis sufferers → les arthritiques
sufferers of chronic disease → les malades chroniques
sufferers of asthma → les asthmatiques
hay-fever sufferers → les personnes sujettes au rhume des foins
Aids sufferers → les malades du sida
cancer sufferers → les malades du cancer
arthritis sufferers → les arthritiques
sufferer
n (Med) → Leidende(r) mf (→ from an +dat); diabetes sufferers, sufferers from diabetes → Diabeteskranke pl, → an Diabetes Leidende pl; he’s been a sufferer from arthritis for several years → er leidet seit mehreren Jahren an Arthritis; the sufferers from the earthquake → die Erdbebenopfer pl; my fellow sufferers at the concert → meine Leidensgenossen bei dem Konzert
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