Collocations for "suffering"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "suffering" 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)
'suffering' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS
- academic
- affection
- aging
- aliment
- allocation
- anguish
- anxiety
- avert
- bird
- bleed
- brittle
- cash
- cause
- chest
- concussion
- courage
- cramp
- cross
- delusion
- discomfort
- disease
- dodgy
- double
- emotion
- endure
- eternity
- fatigue
- fever
- fitness
- futile
- groin
- heritage
- hurt
- illness
- killer
- lag
- leadership
- local
- long
- lung
- medication
- nagging
- neglect
- persistent
- pile
- pink
- plight
- recruit
- rejection