Antonyms of verb enjoy

1 of 5 senses of enjoy

Sense 4
enjoy -- (have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom")
       Antonym of suffer (Sense 1)
      => suffer, endure -- (undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb enjoy

5 senses of enjoy

Sense 1
enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour -- (derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory")

Sense 2
enjoy -- (have benefit from; "enjoy privileges")
       => use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ -- (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer")

Sense 3
love, enjoy -- (get pleasure from; "I love cooking")
       => like -- (find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels")

Sense 4
enjoy -- (have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom")
       => experience, see, go through -- (go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam")

Sense 5
delight, enjoy, revel -- (take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter")

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