suffer – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of suffer

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to suffer
Participle: suffered
Gerund: suffering

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Isuffer
yousuffer
he;she;itsuffers
wesuffer
yousuffer
theysuffer

Perfect

Ihave suffered
youhave suffered
he;she;ithas suffered
wehave suffered
youhave suffered
theyhave suffered

Past

Isuffered
yousuffered
he;she;itsuffered
wesuffered
yousuffered
theysuffered

Pluperfect

Ihad suffered
youhad suffered
he;she;ithad suffered
wehad suffered
youhad suffered
theyhad suffered

Future

Iwill suffer
youwill suffer
he;she;itwill suffer
wewill suffer
youwill suffer
theywill suffer

Future Perfect

Iwill have suffered
youwill have suffered
he;she;itwill have suffered
wewill have suffered
youwill have suffered
theywill have suffered

Subjunctive

Present

Isuffer
yousuffer
he;she;itsuffer
wesuffer
yousuffer
theysuffer

Perfect

Ihave suffered
youhave suffered
he;she;ithave suffered
wehave suffered
youhave suffered
theyhave suffered

Imperfect

Isuffered
yousuffered
he;she;itsuffered
wesuffered
yousuffered
theysuffered

Pluperfect

Ihad suffered
youhad suffered
he;she;ithad suffered
wehad suffered
youhad suffered
theyhad suffered

Conditional

Present

Iwould suffer
youwould suffer
he;she;itwould suffer
wewould suffer
youwould suffer
theywould suffer

Perfect

Iwould have suffered
youwould have suffered
he;she;itwould have suffered
wewould have suffered
youwould have suffered
theywould have suffered

Imperative

yousuffer
weLet's suffer
yousuffer

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam suffering
youare suffering
he;she;itis suffering
weare suffering
youare suffering
theyare suffering

Perfect

Ihave been suffering
youhave been suffering
he;she;ithas been suffering
wehave been suffering
youhave been suffering
theyhave been suffering

Past

Iwas suffering
youwere suffering
he;she;itwas suffering
wewere suffering
youwere suffering
theywere suffering

Pluperfect

Ihad been suffering
youhad been suffering
he;she;ithad been suffering
wehad been suffering
youhad been suffering
theyhad been suffering

Future

Iwill be suffering
youwill be suffering
he;she;itwill be suffering
wewill be suffering
youwill be suffering
theywill be suffering

Future Perfect

Iwill have been suffering
youwill have been suffering
he;she;itwill have been suffering
wewill have been suffering
youwill have been suffering
theywill have been suffering

Conditional

Present

Iwould be suffering
youwould be suffering
he;she;itwould be suffering
wewould be suffering
youwould be suffering
theywould be suffering

Perfect

Iwould have been suffering
youwould have been suffering
he;she;itwould have been suffering
wewould have been suffering
youwould have been suffering
theywould have been suffering

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'suffer'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'suffer'

buffer, buffet, coffer, differ, fumfer, gauffer, goffer, niffer, offer, stuffe,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

become worse
worsen
endure, undergo
tolerate
to become worse
break down, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, fade, fall off, go bad, go downhill, go off, go to hell, go to pot, go to seed, go to the dogs, lapse, molder, retrograde, shrivel, worsen, wane, wither
to allow something unpleasant to exist or occur
abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stick, stomach, swallow, take sitting down, tolerate, thole, undergang, undergo
to feel pain
ache, agonize, anguish, passion, thole, wark
sustain
endure, tolerate, bear, stand, stomach, undergo, permit, feel
ail
hurt, languish, droop, writhe, agonize, sicken

Antonyms

to forbid, disallow, or proscribe
admit, allow, approve, authorize, consent, let, permit, ratify, prohibit, tolerate, warrant
to feel pain
luxuriate, relax

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1225, "to undergo, endure" (pain, death, punishment, judgment, grief), from Anglo-Fr. suffrir, from O.Fr. sufrir, from V.L. *sufferire, variant of L. sufferre "to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under," from sub "up, under" + ferre "to carry" (see infer). Replaced O.E. þolian, þrowian. Meaning "to tolerate, allow" is recorded from c.1290.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *upó
4. Proto-Italic *supo
5. Latin sub
6. Latin sub-
7. Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
8. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
9. Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
10. Proto-Italic *ferō
11. Latin ferō
12. Latin suffero
13. Latin sufferre
14. Vulgar Latin *sufferīre
15. Old French suffrirbor.
16. Middle English suffren
17. English suffer
18. From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian. See: Middle English 'suffren', Anglo-Norman 'sofrir', Latin 'sufferō'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] cried, with a ghastly smile which is still before me, looking at the same time round the walls, ‘Ha ! the breakfast-room, steward—eh ? ’ We all foresaw what the answer must be: we knew the agony he suffered. He had often spoken of the saloon; had taken in and lived upon the pictorial idea; had usually given us to understand, at home, that to form a just conception of it, it would be necessary [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • There I remained until I got better: suffering, whenever I was recommended to eat anything, an amount of anguish only second to that which is said to be endured by the apparently drowned, in the process of restoration to life. One gentleman on [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] much. Those who were at play, were gleesome and noisy as other children. More spiritual and affectionate friendships appeared to exist among them, than would be found among other young persons suffering under no deprivation; but this I expected and was prepared to find. It is a part of the great scheme of Heaven 's merciful consideration for the afflicted. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ But, Mary, just listen to me. Your feelings are all quite right, dear, and interesting, and I love you for them; but, then, dear, we mustn't suffer our feelings to run away with our judgment; you must consider it's a matter of private feeling,—there are great public interests involved,—there is such a state of public agitation rising, that we [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] or honours could I walk a happy man beneath the open sky by day, or lie me down upon my bed at night, with the consciousness that one human creature, for any length of time, no matter what, lay suffering this unknown punishment in his silent cell, and I the cause, or I consenting to it in the least degree. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • His name, and crime, and term of suffering, are unknown, even to the officer who delivers him his daily food. There is a number over his cell-door, and in a book of which the governor of the prison has one copy, and the moral instructor [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] doom which was hanging either over themselves or their husbands, their wives or children. This nerves the African, naturally patient, timid and unenterprising, with heroic courage, and leads him to suffer hunger, cold, pain, the perils of the wilderness, and the more dread penalties of recapture. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] five-and-forty at least, and the accession of passengers was not at all of that kind which improved the prospect of sleeping at night. Our people grumbled at this, as people do in such cases; but suffered the boat to be towed off with the whole freight aboard nevertheless; and away we went down the canal. At home, I should have protested lustily, but being a foreigner here, I held my peace. Not so [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] it. There did not appear to be much business stirring; and some unfinished buildings and improvements seemed to intimate that the city had been overbuilt in the ardour of ‘going-a-head, ’ and was suffering under the re-action consequent upon such feverish forcing of its powers. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] is fain to admit that the slaughtered monsters in question were of a very innocent and simple turn; extremely guileless and ready of belief; lending a credulous ear to the most improbable tales; suffering themselves to be easily entrapped into pits; and even (as in the case of the Welsh Giant ) with an excess of the hospitable politeness of a landlord, ripping themselves open, rather than hint at the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Due to these duplicate spare parts People are suffering a lot and are being cheated (Magudam)