stomach

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I could no longer stomach working for such a petty tyrant Synonyms abide, absorb, accept, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, bear, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]Related Words allow, permit, suffer, swallow; reconcile (to); acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)Near Antonyms decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down; combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist; avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss; abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)

1 the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis please don't lean on my stomach—I just had a big meal Synonyms abdomen, belly, breadbasket [slang], gut, solar plexus, tummy Related Words middle, midriff, waist; paunch, potbelly; thorax

2 a need or desire for food the cake looks delicious, but I'm afraid that I have no stomach for sweets right now Synonyms appetite, belly, emptiness, famishment, munchies, hungerRelated Words rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity; malnutrition, starvation, undernourishment; craving, sweet tooth; famine, fast, hunger strike; gluttony, gourmandism, greed, hoggishnessNear Antonyms fill, fullness, glut, repleteness, repletion, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, surfeitAntonyms inappetence