Betekenis van suffer In het Nederlands

• 0 to experience physical or mental pain:

  • I think he suffered a lot when his wife left him.

  • She suffers in the winter when it's cold and her joints get stiff.

  • She's been suffering from (= been ill with) cancer for two years.

  • Johnny suffers from (= is often ill with) asthma.

  • Do you suffer from (= do you have) any allergies?

  • If you're not happy with it, you should complain. Don't just suffer in silence (= without saying anything).

• 1 to experience or show the effects of something bad:

  • The Democrats suffered a crushing defeat in the last election.

  • 25 policemen suffered minor injuries during the riots.

  • The city suffered another blow last month with the closure of the local car factory.

  • If you go and eat three helpings of dessert, you'll just have to suffer the consequences!

  • [ + obj + -ing verb ] I had to suffer her father moaning for half an hour on the phone last night!

  • When you're working such long hours, it's inevitable that your marriage will start to suffer.

  • Like a lot of his films, it suffers from being too long.

• 2 to experience or show the effects of something bad:

  • [ T ] About 50,000 bicyclists suffer serious head injuries each year.

  • [ T ] Block’s own farm has suffered large financial setbacks.

  • [ I ] If you and your husband have jobs in different cities, your marriage is likely to suffer.

• 3 to experience physical or mental pain:

  • She suffers in cold weather when her joints get stiff.

  • He suffers from migraine headaches.