sufferer

suf·fer

S0865600 (sŭf′ər)v. suf·fered, suf·fer·ing, suf·fers v.intr.1. To feel pain or distress; sustain injury or harm: suffer from arthritis; made the people suffer for their disloyalty.2. a. To have a specified shortcoming or weakness: writing that suffers from poor organization.b. To sustain a loss, setback, or decline in effectiveness; become worse: When morale drops, the company's performance suffers.c. To appear at a disadvantage: "He suffers by comparison with his greater contemporary" (Albert C. Baugh).v.tr.1. a. To experience, undergo, or feel (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant): suffer a heart attack; suffer a debilitating illness; suffer pain.b. To undergo or be subjected to (a negative experience or development): a team that suffered a defeat; a species that suffered a decline in population; a business that suffered huge losses.2. a. To put up with; tolerate: She does not suffer fools easily. See Synonyms at endure.b. To permit; allow: "They were not suffered to aspire to so exalted a position as that of streetcar conductor" (Edmund S. Morgan).

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[Middle English suffren, from Old French sufrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre : sub-, sub- + ferre, to carry; see bher- in Indo-European roots.]

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suf′fer·er n.suf′fer·ing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sufferer - a person suffering from an illness diseased person, sick personunfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortuneanorectic, anorexic - a person suffering from anorexia nervosabulimic - a person suffering from bulimiaconsumptive, tubercular, lunger - a person with pulmonary tuberculosisconvalescent - a person who is recovering from illnessdepressive - someone suffering psychological depressiondiabetic - someone who has diabetesdyspeptic - a person suffering from indigestionepileptic - a person who has epilepsybleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac - someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleedingincurable - a person whose disease is incurableinsomniac, sleepless person - someone who cannot sleepinvalid, shut-in - someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injurylazar, leper - a person afflicted with leprosylunatic, madman, maniac - an insane personmanic-depressive - a person afflicted with manic-depressive illnessmonomaniac - a person suffering from monomanianarcoleptic - a person who has narcolepsyneurasthenic - a person suffering a nervous breakdownmental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosispatient - a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"psycho, psychotic, psychotic person - a person afflicted with psychosisrheumatic - a person suffering with rheumatismsyphilitic - a person suffering from syphilisvaletudinarian - weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her healthspewer, vomiter - a person who vomits
	2.	sufferer - one who suffers for the sake of principlemartyrshaheed - Arabic term for holy martyrs; applied by Palestinians to suicide bombersvictim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

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