SUFFERED

Definition: SUFFERED

SUFFERED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Suffer

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "SUFFERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Crosswords: SUFFERED

Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

I knew my opponents' weaknesses, having suffered them myself (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver; writing credit: Amy Hennig)

It looks like he suffered to me chief (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

How many of us have lost someone who just disappeared or got skinned or suffered 'neck rupture' (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

She suffered a slight stroke a few years ago which rendered her totally annoying (The Golden Girls; writing credit: Philip Broadley; Gabriel Castro)

And how you suffered for your sanity (Vincent; performing artist: Don McLean)

Suffered through alienation (Vision of Love; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

Hey now we hurt some, suffered for more, takes what we work for (Awnaw; performing artist: Nappy Roots)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Empty Arms: Emotional Support for Those Who Have Suffered a Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Tubal Pregnancy (reference)

• Have You Suffered Enough?: Be Free of the Hidden Core Issues That Destroy Love and Sabotage Your Life [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• Healing the Children of War: A Handbook for Ministry to Children Who Have Suffered Deep Traumas (reference)

• How Can I Help? / What Will Help Me? 12 things to do when someone you know suffers a loss / 12 things to remember when you have suffered a loss (two in one book) (reference)

• Vietnam: Fresh Positive Insights For All Who Suffered Loss in the Vietnam War (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• I've Suffered a Head Injury (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Roy's Dam is in Lagunitas Creek, CA and suffered from a non-functioning fish ladder. Fish were attracted to the current and did not attempt to get up the ladder. Thus, the ladder impaired their spawning migration. This image shows the dam and ladder before restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. Sapelo Lighthouse, constructed in 1820, suffered serious damage during a hurricane in 1898. It was restored in 1998 to its present condition. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

She Suffered From Rubella For Three Days Her Baby May Suffer For Life : Rubella. Vaccinate Before It's Too Late. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Ship's officers and crewmen, posed on the forecastle and superstructure, 1 November 1918. Minnesota was then at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, receiving repairs to mine damage suffered a month earlier. Credit: NAVY.

In Kossol Passage, Palau, on 8 October 1944, after having completed the rescue of eight of eleven crewmen of a PBM patrol seaplane that had suffered a forced landing and crack-up at sea. Photographed by CPhoM D.S. Fruchey, of USS Chandeleur (AV-10). Credit: NAVY.

Patrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment on merely a vague suspicion for the internal robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

While he was away I suffered unspeakably. Credit: Library of Congress.

Suffered a relapse. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the body of a slain Japanese soldiers gives mute evidence of the defeat of the enemy. The Japanese suffered h. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rockville, Tolland County, Connecticut. The dining room in the house on the farm of John Schneider. Mr. Schnieder suffered from the hurricane, and is a FSA (Farm Security Administration) client. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Men always knew that where force and injury was offered, they might be defenders of themselves; they knew that however men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury unto others, it was not to be suffered, but by all men, and all good means to be withstood. (Second Treatise of Government)

As an exception, the admitted debts owing by persons having suffered injury from acts of war shall only be credited to the Creditor Clearing Office when the compensation due to the person concerned in respect of such injury shall have been paid. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Such talent as hers must not be suffered to remain unknown

There, abandoned, conquered, terrible, these sombre squares suffered formidable martyrdom

His hands clenched convulsively and his teeth set together as he suffered the agony of its penetration

I begged he would forbear applying that word to me, and take the same order in his family, and among his friends whom he suffered to see me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

For 2 years, Jim suffered the excruciating pain of cluster headaches. (references)

Fatal injury-from accidents, including motor vehicle fatalities, suffered while intoxicated. (references)

Alzheimer had a patient in her fifties who suffered from what seemed to be a mental illness. (references)

Business

The sector has also suffered a shortage of qualified teachers. (references)

Since Luxor, tourism has regained what losses it initially suffered. (references)

During most of the 1980’s, Argentina suffered harsh economic and hyperinflationary conditions. (references)

Children

Turkey

Children have suffered greatly from the cycle of violence in the southeast. (references)

Namibia

Centers for abused women and children were working actively to reduce the trauma suffered by abused children. (references)

Afghanistan

An estimated 3 to 4 percent of the population suffered from disabilities requiring at least some form of assistance. (references)

Civil Liberties

Macedonia

The parliament building suffered light damage. (references)

Nepal

Some journalists and their advocates have suffered human rights abuses. (references)

China

In some cases, practitioners in custody have suffered torture and death. (references)

Discrimination

Papua New Guinea

Skirmishes and conflicts tend to be based on disputes between clans over issues such as boundaries, land ownership, injuries, and insults suffered by one clan at the hands of another; they are not ethnically based. (references)

Economic History

Costa Rica

Millicom suffered extensive losses. (references)

Russia

The remainder have suffered a significant decline. (references)

Human Rights

El Salvador

Navarrete reportedly suffered from mental illness. (references)

Yugoslavia

He suffered a concussion and other serious injuries. (references)

Turkmenistan

Those who do not receive food from relatives suffered greatly. (references)

Indigenous People

Gabon

Pygmies suffered societal discrimination and often lived in extreme poverty. (references)

Brazil

Due partly to the Government's failure to provide adequate medical care as required by law, indigenous people have suffered epidemics of malaria, measles, and tuberculosis. (references)

Minorities

India

The rioters caused significant amounts of damage and both Hindus and Muslims suffered property losses. (references)

Political Economy

SPAIN

U.S. companies have suffered losses as a result. (references)

Afghanistan

Areas outside of Taliban control suffered from brigandage. (references)

Tanzania

Women and girls in refugee camps suffered a high level of rape and abuse. (references)

Political Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The SDP party office in Vitez suffered extensive damage in a bomb explosion on May 1; police arrested a Croat man in the attack, which police believe was motivated by the HDZ's self-government drive. (references)

Trade

Egypt

The Egyptian banking system has suffered significant liquidity problems over the past 2 years. (references)

Korea

The Daewoo bankruptcy and following liquidity crisis suffered by Hyundai affiliates further aggravated conditions in the financial sector, which was already undergoing restructuring initiated as result of the 1997 financial crisis. (references)

Travel

Georgia

Georgia's once important railroad system has suffered from neglect, and is slow and unreliable. (references)

Nepal

Illnesses and injuries suffered while on trek in remote areas often require rescue by helicopter. (references)

Women

Kuwait

The maid suffered permanent damage to her face, neck, ears, and arms. (references)

Worker Rights

Gabon

Some of the children suffered sexual abuse. (references)

Indonesia

In one survey, 84 percent of the children suffered from minor infections. (references)

Belgium

Under the law, unions are subject to third-party lawsuits for damages suffered due to strikes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "SUFFERED": have suffered a great deal ♦ they suffered bad defeat. Additional references.

Chinese 

遭受 (suffer). (various references)

Czech

natrápit se (have suffered a great deal). (various references)

Danish

skadeserstatninger er de erstatninger,som skal betales ifoelge forsikringskontrakten,dvs.de beloeb,som forsikringsselskaberne skal svare til daekning af skader sket paa personer eller ting(herunder realkapitalgoder)og de ekstra beloeb,der udbetales til fo (accident insurance claims represent the claims due under contracts in respect of accident insurance;that is, and the additional sums paid to the insured in the form of redistributed profits, the amounts which insurance enterprises are obliged to pay in settlement of injuries or damages suffered by persons or goods(including fixed capital goods)), begæring om godtgørelse for det tab,som er lidt (application for compensation for the damage suffered), afværgelæsion (injury suffered in defence). (various references)

Dutch

schadeverzekeringsuitkeringen zijn uitkeringen verschuldigd krachtens overeenkomsten inzake schadeverzekering,dat wil zeggen bedragen die de verzekeringsinstellingen moeten uitkeren in verband met schade,geleden door personen of zaken(inclusief vaste acti (accident insurance claims represent the claims due under contracts in respect of accident insurance;that is, and the additional sums paid to the insured in the form of redistributed profits, the amounts which insurance enterprises are obliged to pay in settlement of injuries or damages suffered by persons or goods(including fixed capital goods)), schadeloosstelling voor calamiteit (compensation for the suffered damage), schade die de gezamenlijke schuldeisers hebben geleden (loss or damage suffered by the general body of creditors), beroep tot schadevergoeding (application for compensation for the damage suffered). (various references)

Finnish

hän joutui saman kohtalon alaiseksi (he suffered the same fate). (various references)

French

souffrirent, souffries, souffrie, souffri. (various references)

German

litt, gelitten, erduldete (undergone). (various references)

Greek 

αποζημίωση για τις καταστροφές (compensation for the suffered damage), οι αποζημιώσεις ασφαλειών ατυχημάτων αντιπροσωπεύουν τις οφειλόμενες αποζημιώσεις σύμφωνα με τις συμβάσεις για ασφάλειες ατυχημάτων,δηλ (and the additional sums paid to the insured in the form of redistributed profits, the amounts which insurance enterprises are obliged to pay in settlement of injuries or damages suffered by persons or goods(including fixed capital goods)). (various references)

Hungarian

szabad megengedni (it is not to be suffered), sokat szenvedett (have suffered a great deal), ezt nem szabad eltűrni (it is not to be suffered), ezt nem lehet eltűrni (it is not to be suffered), ezt nem (it is not to be suffered, that requires some doing). (various references)

Italian

risarcimento per calamità subite (compensation for the suffered damage), gli indennizzi di assicurazione contro i danni sono costituiti dagli indennizzi dovuti per contratti di assicurazione contro i danni,cioè le somme che le imprese di assicurazione sono tenute a versare a titolo di liquidazione di sinistri sopravvenuti a p (accident insurance claims represent the claims due under contracts in respect of accident insurance;that is, and the additional sums paid to the insured in the form of redistributed profits, the amounts which insurance enterprises are obliged to pay in settlement of injuries or damages suffered by persons or goods(including fixed capital goods)), domanda di risarcimento del danno subito (application for compensation for the damage suffered), danno subito dalla massa dei creditori (loss or damage suffered by the general body of creditors), danneggiato notevolmente (suffered serious damage). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ワープロ馬鹿 (business shirt, dead silence after a joke falls flat, food wagon service, multi-national enterprise, news program, shirt, someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana->kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer, table-side service, talk and varietyshow, vaccine, vagina, vaseline, wacoal, Wagner, wagon, wagon sale, Waikiki, warlock, washer, Washington, Washington Post, WASP, watt, wax, wide, wide-angle lens, wide-band, wife, wild, wild pitch, windshield wipers, windup, wine, wine color, wine glass, wine list, wine red, winecooler, winery, wipe, wipe in, wipe out, wire, wire glass, wired, wireless, wireless mike, wire-wrapping, wise, wivern, working holiday, workshop, World, world class, World Cup, world enterprise, World Games, World Series, worm, wow, wow and flutter, Wyoming, wyvern), 手傷 (wound suffered in a fight). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ワープロばか (someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana->kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer), てきず (wound suffered in a fight). (various references)

Korean 

고생하는 (troubled). (various references)

Manx

surrit (allowed, permitted, tolerated), lowit (allowed, approved, permitted). (various references)

Pig Latin

ufferedsay.(various references)

Portuguese

pedido de reparação do prejúizo sofrido (application for compensation for the damage suffered), indemnizações pelas calamidades de que foram vítimas (compensation for the suffered damage). (various references)

Russian 

страдать (dree, perish, suffer). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prepatiti mnogo (have suffered a great deal). (various references)

Spanish

traumatismo por defensa (injury suffered in defence), pretensión de reparación del perjuicio sufrido (application for compensation for the damage suffered), las indemnizaciones de seguro de accidentes representan las indemnizaciones debidas en virtud de los contratos de seguro de accidentes, es decir, el montante que las empresas de seguro tienen que pagar para la liquidación de siniestros ocurridos a person (accident insurance claims represent the claims due under contracts in respect of accident insurance;that is, and the additional sums paid to the insured in the form of redistributed profits, the amounts which insurance enterprises are obliged to pay in settlement of injuries or damages suffered by persons or goods(including fixed capital goods)), indemnización por los daños sufridos (compensation for the suffered damage). (various references)

Turkish

çok acı çekmek (have suffered a great deal), çok çekmek (have suffered a great deal). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"SUFFERED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Seffrid, sufferre, suffesed, suffuged. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: duffers, effused, refused.

-2 letters: defers, defuse, duffer, effuse, reffed, refuse, reused, ruffed, ruffes, suffer, surfed.

-3 letters: deers, defer, drees, druse, duffs, dures, feeds, feres, feuds, feued, freed, frees, fused, fusee, redes, reeds, reefs, refed, reuse, ruffe, ruffs, seder, sered, suede.

-4 letters: deer, dees, dere, dree, dues, duff, dure, effs, feds, feed, fees, fere, feud.

+1 letter: restuffed.

+2 letters: reshuffled.

+3 letters: overstuffed.

+4 letters: interdiffuse, undersheriff, understaffed.

+5 letters: candlesnuffer, interdiffused, interdiffuses, undersheriffs.