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suffer

v. experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"

suffer

v. get worse; "His grades suffered"

suffer

v. feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"

suffer

v. be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"

suffer, endure

v. undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

suffer, meet

v. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

suffer, hurt

v. feel pain or be in pain

hurt, ache, suffer

v. feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"

suffer, sustain, have, get

v. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"

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lament, keen

v. express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"

despair

v. abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"

agonize, agonise

v. cause to agonize

lapse, backslide

v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

corroborate, underpin, bear out, support

v. support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

stand

v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

deal

v. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

stand

v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

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enjoy

v. have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom"

be well

v. be healthy; feel good; "She has not been well lately"

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