sufferer
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈsʌfərər/
:
afectado
- As a lifelong sufferer of migraines, she has learned to avoid certain triggers to manage her pain.
- dementia sufferers
- OCD sufferers
- allergy sufferers
We remain clearly conscious that he is the sufferer, not we.
- We remain clearly conscious that he is the sufferer, not we.
- And I'm a PCOS then PCOS sufferer, so I had it my whole reproductive life.
- As an insomnia sufferer, you know that caffeine can affect your sleep.
- So what steps is the Minister taking to address these acute problems for allergy sufferers?
- I asked this question to you, not for me, but for the hundreds and thousands of Lyme sufferers out there that have come to this roadblock.
- None of us, none of us ADHD sufferers or otherwise, should expect ourselves to be in perfect trenches, deep trenches of focus all the time.
- It's the overconsumption of processed junk, high carb, fast food, et cetera that's the common denominator with heartburn sufferers.
- The second thing that asthma sufferers like you have is chronic inappropriate inflammation.
- All of us sufferers of ADD, you know have come up with coping mechanisms for our peripatetic natures.
- No, I'm a sufferer, as you can say.
- You developed that over years, decades of suffering and going back into the sufferer.
- No, not we, we mental mental illness sufferers in a Dick addicts have a little bit more trouble with change.
- And This is why my great friend and translator Laurent Dubois take from Bob Marley the word sufferer.
Examples
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The condition is characterised by the sufferer experiencing bouts of fatigue and falling asleep without any warning.
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The only respite for sufferers is to lie still in a dark room.
Academic text (2011) -
The condition is therefore no longer private to the sufferer and has a "public health" element.
Academic text (1994) -
Having done what I could for the sufferers, I set out to track the trouble to its source.
Fiction book (1991) -
This one's for cancer sufferers.
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The intervention means that most sufferers are able to live at home for longer.
Academic text (2011) -
Up to a quarter of sufferers actively seek medical or alternative therapy.
Academic text (2012) -
As an insomnia sufferer, you know that caffeine can affect your sleep.
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You're a long-time sufferer from chronic insomnia.
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It's a somewhat routine surgery for Parkinson's sufferers.
Synonyms
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1.5
A person who suffers harm, injury, loss because of an accident, crime or trick
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3.4
A person who has bad luck or problems
Antonyms
How Affected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sufferer is suffer + the ending -er ('one who'). Suffer comes from Latin sub- ('under') and ferre ('to bear'), the same idea as the English word 'bear' meaning 'to carry', so a sufferer is someone who 'bears under' pain or illness and is therefore a person affected by pain, illness, or hardship.