to suffer

Examples

• All

• So their education is going to suffer as a result.

• The climate remains extreme, and the region still suffers from elevated levels of poverty and underdevelopment.

  Academic text (2011)

• First, because China would suffer even more in that world.

• And those markets will not suffer very much, if at all, through this.

• Usually, it will be the companies that have suffered serious impact that take action.

  Academic text (2011)

• We're getting sketchy information that the mission... has suffered massive failure.

  Armageddon (1998)

• We've suffered heavy losses.

  Francis of Assisi (1961)

• Thousands of other young athletes have suffered post-concussion syndrome, a less severe condition that is life-changing nonetheless.

  Academic text (2011)

• If you reveal this report, it isn't Tremblay's reputation that's going to suffer, it's the Church's.

  Conclave (2024)

• The city's economy will suffer if more businesses close down.

Synonyms

D

to deteriorate

vsto suffer

146 5.9

To get worse in quality, condition, or value

is used for broader negative impacts beyond only condition decline

W

worsened

vsto suffer

3.9

Less good in quality or condition

is used when something is negatively affected in ways beyond condition decline

Antonyms

I

to improve

∞ 1.0

To make something better

E

to enhance

424 4.0

Make something better or more attractive

Idioms

S

to suffer in silence

• Informal

7 6.8

To keep pain or trouble to yourself and not ask for help

S

to suffer fools gladly

• Informal

2 9.8

To have patience with people who seem foolish or unable to do their job

How Bad

to collapse

579 3.9

to deteriorate

146 5.9

to decline

344 3.7

to suffer

495 2.7

affected

3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology