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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "suffer"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž, āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to experience and be affected by something bad or unpleasant
Transitive: to suffer something bad
to suffer definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Last year, the region suffered a severe drought.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ, āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻ–āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have an illness or disease
Intransitive: to suffer from a disease
to suffer definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As she watched her loved one suffer from cancer, she felt a deep sense of helplessness and despair.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϜāύāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āϭ⧁āĻ—āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻ…āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž, āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to experience mental or physical pain
Transitive
to suffer definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She suffered from a severe headache, making it difficult for her to focus on her work.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž

to feel deep emotional distress or anguish
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She suffered greatly after the loss of her best friend.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž

to endure or tolerate something or someone unpleasant
Transitive: to suffer something unpleasant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They suffered the harsh weather conditions on their hiking trip.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāύāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to decline or deteriorate in quality, condition, or appearance
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His health suffered due to his unhealthy lifestyle.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž, āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to feel discomfort, distress, or unease due to a particular condition or situation
Intransitive: to suffer from sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He is suffering from jet lag after the overnight flight.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻœā§‡āϟ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϭ⧁āĻ—āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž, āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to experience physical discomfort or pain
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The patient suffered through the night, waiting for relief.
āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āωāĻĒāĻļāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž, āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to face a disadvantage or experience harm, loss, or difficulty
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Without proper funding, the project suffered significantly.
āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­ā§‹āϗ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž, āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to experience or endure something negative, harmful, or unpleasant
Transitive: to suffer a negative or unpleasant situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hero suffered a terrible fate in the final chapter.
āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻžāύāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž, āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have or display a particular habit, tendency, or characteristic
Intransitive: to suffer from a habit or tendency
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She suffers from a lack of confidence in social situations.
āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϭ⧁āĻ—āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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