Antonyms for endured
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-door, -dyoor |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdʊər, -ˈdyʊər |
Definition of endured
Origin :- early 14c., "to undergo or suffer" (especially without breaking); late 14c. "to continue in existence," from Old French endurer (12c.) "make hard, harden; bear, tolerate; keep up, maintain," from Latin indurare "make hard," in Late Latin "harden (the heart) against," from in- (see in- (2)) + durare "to harden," from durus "hard," from PIE *deru- "be firm, solid."
- Replaced the important Old English verb dreogan (past tense dreag, past participle drogen), which survives in dialectal dree. Related: Endured; endures.
- verb bear hardship
- verb continue; be durable
- We have endured much from them, and I must say that my patience is exhausted.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- He thought he could have endured seeing her marry Joe, had she cared for the boy.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Since she had endured so much, why not endure a little longer and reap a dear reward?
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- Vain would it be to describe what he then felt, what he then endured.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Burning with impatience as with a fever, he endured a long minute's wait.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- How little labour, how little watching, how little pain has he endured for their sakes!
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- Now, this can't be endured; and I have come to you for help.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various
- The silent Greer endured the whipping without wincing or speaking.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- Vivid as it seems—all I suffer as I write is but a faint phantasm of what I then endured.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- The existence of such a man would not be endured by the nation for a second.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
Synonyms for endured
- abide
- accustom
- allow
- be
- be left
- be long lived
- be patient with
- be timeless
- bear the brunt
- bide
- brave
- brook
- carry on
- carry through
- cling
- cope with
- countenance
- eat
- encounter
- exist
- experience
- face
- feel
- go on
- go through
- grin and bear it
- hang in
- hang on
- have no end
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- keep on
- keep up
- know
- last
- linger
- live
- live on
- live out
- live through
- meet with
- never say die
- outlast
- outlive
- perdure
- permit
- persist
- prevail
- put up with
- remain
- repress feelings
- resign oneself
- ride out
- run on
- sit through
- stand
- stay
- stay on
- stick
- stick it out
- stick to
- stomach
- subject to
- submit to
- suffer
- superannuate
- support
- survive
- sustain
- swallow
- take
- take it
- take patiently
- tolerate
- undergo
- wear
- wear on
- wear well
- weather
- withstand
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