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| be sorry |
to suffer for an action or a choice one has made. |
| curse |
to cause to suffer. [1/6 definitions] |
| dehydration |
Dehydration is a serious condition of a person's body. It can happen when people don't get enough water into their bodies. If dehydration gets very bad, a person can die. Animals can suffer from dehydration too. |
| harrow |
to cause to suffer or worry a great deal. [1/3 definitions] |
| hunger |
When people suffer from hunger, it means that they are not getting enough food to eat and their bodies lose their strength and health. Some people even die from hunger if they suffer for too long. [1/3 definitions] |
| melancholy |
suffering from or likely to suffer from sadness or depression. [1/3 definitions] |
| plague |
to cause to suffer from or as if from a plague. [1/4 definitions] |
| punish |
to cause to suffer for doing something wrong. [1/2 definitions] |
| starve |
to die or suffer from not eating and drinking. [1/3 definitions] |
| subject |
to cause to endure, suffer, or undergo (fol. by "to"). [1/11 definitions] |
| suffer |
When people suffer, they feel a lot of pain, or their life is very hard or sad. [3/4 definitions] |
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