suffered
SUF-urd/ˈsʌfɚd/UKSUF-uhd/ˈsʌfəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of suffer.
The region suffered severe damage after the earthquake.
He has suffered from chronic back pain for years.
Note
One spelling does double duty for a regular verb: the simple past stands alone (the crops suffered), while the participle follows have or be. The intransitive meanings of hardship, pain or getting worse usually take from or simply end the clause. The transitive "endure" meaning takes an object and can turn passive, as in heavy losses were suffered. Older prose also uses it for "allowed": they suffered him to stay.
suffered is a form of suffer
suffer, verb: To feel pain, whether in the body or the mind. Full entry
- Spelling
- suffer → suffered: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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