SUFFER, SUFFERED, SUFFERING
ADJECTIVES
1200 — BALEFUL full of pain or suffering; painful → obs.
1225 — UNTHROWLICH incapable of suffering → obs.
1303 — SUFFERABLE patient, long-suffering → obs. exc. arch.
1330 — SUFFERANT long-suffering, patient → obs.
1429 — SUPERSUFFRABLE extremely long-suffering → obs.
1541 — IMPATIBLE incapable of suffering, or of sustaining injury → obs.
1548 — SUFFERABLE attended with suffering → obs.
1596 — ON THE RACK in a state of acute physical or mental suffering; in keen anxiety or suspense
1620 — LONGANIMOUS long-suffering; enduring, patient
1838 — WAE-WORTH deserving to experience sorrow or suffering → Sc.
1885 — BEADLESS of persons: intolerant of suffering; impatient of pain → Eng. dial.
1943 — FAMISHED suffering for lack of something vital other than food → Amer. dial.
1962 — DYSTOPIAN denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice
1989 — TO THE CURB destitute, suffering from hard times → US sl.
ADVERBS
1548 — SUFFERABLY to the accompaniment of suffering → obs.
NOUNS
..900 — I-WIN labour, toil; suffering → obs.
1175 — SYTE anguish, grief; suffering; a feeling of anguish or grief → obs.
1205 — DERF trouble, adversity, tribulation, hurt, suffering → obs.
1250 — BALE physical suffering, torment, pain, woe → obs.
1250 — CARE mental suffering, sorrow, grief, trouble → obs.
1300 — LANGUOR mental suffering or distress; pining, sorrow, affliction of spirit → obs.
1300 — SHOWER an attack of physical or emotional suffering; a bout of illness; a spasm of pain → Sc.
1300 — SUFFERANCE patient endurance, forbearance, long-suffering → arch.
1325 — BALE mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief
1330 — MARTYRE torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering → obs.
1340 — MARTYREMENT intense suffering → obs.
1340 — SUFFERING patient endurance, long-suffering → obs.
1385 — PURGATORY a place of temporary suffering or expiation
1386 — MARTYRDOM torment, torture; extreme pain or suffering
1400 — SMART mental pain or suffering; grief; sorrow, affliction
1426 — SUFFERANCE the suffering or undergoing of pain, trouble, wrong, etc. → arch.
1440 — PAINING the act of causing or condition of feeling pain; pain, suffering
1588 — WANTS straits; circumstances or times of want, hardship, suffering, etc. → obs.
1591 — RACK that which causes acute suffering, physical or mental; also, the result produced by this; intense pain or suffering
1603 — PERPESSION endurance of suffering → obs.
1677 — MARTYRY suffering, torment → obs.
1725 — BEARANCE endurance, patient suffering → arch.
1768 — CARE-BED bed of suffering, a disconsolate situation → Sc.
1828 — EYE-SORROW suffering caused by what one sees → obs.
1904 — SAINT-PETER’S NEEDLE suffering; a trial, a serious misfortune → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — BIDE pain, suffering → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BIDINGS sufferings → Sc. (Bk.)
1952 — DYSTOPIA an imaginary place or condition in which there is great suffering or injustice
NOUNS, PERSON
1374 — SUFFERANT one who is patient or long-suffering → obs.
PHRASES
1955 — ONE’S ASS IS GRASS one is doomed to suffer punishment, danger, death, etc.’ one is ‘history’ → Amer. sl., esp. military usage
1976 — ONE’S ASS IS CREAM CHEESE one is doomed to suffer punishment, danger, death, etc.’ one is ‘history’ → Amer. sl.
VERBS
..885 — ABEAR to endure; to suffer
1000 — ADREE to bear, to endure, to suffer → obs.
1000 — I-THOLE to bear, to suffer, to endure → obs.
1175 — ABY to pay the penalty for an offense; to redeem; to atone for; to suffer for; to make amends for; to expiate → arch.
1200 — BIDE to endure, to suffer, to bear, to undergo, to abide → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1240 — MARTYR to inflict grievous suffering or pain upon; to torment, to torture
1315 — PAIN to suffer pain or distress; to suffer → obs.
1374 — ABEDGE to abide; to suffer → obs.
1374 — ABY — ABYE to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure → arch.
1510 — SAUCE to exacerbate suffering → obs.
1548 — SMOKE to suffer severely; to smart → obs.
1596 — EAT ONE’S HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation
1634 — IMMOLATE to give up to destruction or to severe suffering or loss for the sake of something else; to ‘sacrifice’
1639 — INASPERATE to exacerbate suffering → obs. rare
1786 — THOLE to bear, to suffer, to endure, to tolerate → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1792 — PAY THE PIPER to pay the penalty, to suffer or smart for anything → Sc.
1805 — THRAW to suffer pain → Sc.
1807 — PAY THE MAIL to get one’s deserts, to suffer for the wrongs one has done, to pay the penalty → Sc.
1825 — BUY THE RABBIT to be worsted; to be made to suffer → sl.
1825 — CAIL — CAYL — KAILE to be in poor health, to suffer → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1879 — EAT ONE’S OWN HEART to suffer from silent grief or vexation
1892 — PUNISH to suffer → Amer. dial.
1897 — ABAW to suffer for → Sc.
..20C — TAKE IT to suffer adversity and unhappiness without complaint → sl.
1904 — COME TO A STICKY END to die or come to grief in violent or exceptionally unpleasant circumstances; to be led by one’s own actions to ruin; to suffer badly → colloq.
1904 — SUFFER LIKE A THOLEPIN to suffer excessively → Amer. dial.
1910 — LOSE ONE’S DASH to reach one’s limit; to exhaust one’s energies; to lose one’s opportunity, and suffer accordingly → Aust. sl.
1920 — GET THE WORKS to suffer, to be punished, to be killed → sl.
1920 — RAIN ON to make suffer; to beat up; to lose one’s temper with → US sl.
1920 — TAKE HEAT to suffer or endure punishment or criticism → US sl.
1930 — TAKE A BATH to lose or suffer badly, esp. in business, sport, or gambling → sl.
1930 — TAKE A BEATING to lose or suffer badly, esp. in business, sport, or gambling → sl.
1938 — EHA to suffer, to be hurt → Hawaii
.M20 — HAVE ONE’S ASS IN A SLING to have suffered unjustly at the hands of another → US sl.
1959 — HAVE A MONKEY ON ONE’S BACK to suffer from burdensome worries, emotional pressure, etc.
1966 — GO THROUGH THE FLINT MILL to suffer severely; to have a bad time → Amer. dial.
1970 — EAT ONE’S SHORTS to die, to suffer → US sl.
1970 — FART to suffer → sl.
1970 — TAG to suffer, to be punished → sl.
1980 — SHIT THROUGH ONE’S NOSE to suffer; to be humiliated → W. Indies sl.
1980 — SHIT THROUGH ONE’S TEETH to suffer; to be humiliated → W. Indies sl.