Collocations for "suffer"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "suffer" in context.
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suffer
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- suffer from [depression, chronic pain]
- suffering from [a broken heart, an emotional loss]
- suffer through the [pain, game, dinner]
- (don't) suffer in silence
- don't suffer [like, the way] I did
- suffer a [stroke, heart attack]
- suffer an [injury, accident, attack]
- suffer damage from [the storm, the accident, time]
- suffer the [consequences, effects, penalty] of
- suffer the loss of [a player, your grandfather]
- suffer losses from
- suffer the fate of
- suffered the same fate
- [made, let] them suffer the indignity of
- suffer and [die, endure]
- [recently, already] suffered
- was made to suffer
- my [work, studying] suffers when
- does not suffer fools (gladly)
'suffer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abuse
- acute
- adverse
- back
- biting
- body
- die
- dreadful
- embarrassment
- fatigue
- flight
- gum
- harsh
- hay
- headache
- hip
- ill
- leg
- million
- minor
- mood
- morning
- muscle
- noisy
- pain
- performance
- period
- personality
- pressure
- religious
- restless
- seasonal
- slip
- strain
- stretch
- throat
- torn
- trial
- trigger
- visual
- writer