0 past simple and past participle of suffer
1 to experience physical or mental pain:
2 to experience or show the effects of something bad:
The Democrats suffered a crushing defeat in the last election.
The city suffered another blow last month with the closure of the local car factory.
If you go and eat three helpings of dessert, you'll just have to suffer the consequences!
[ + obj + -ing verb ] I had to suffer her father moaning for half an hour on the phone last night!
When you're working such long hours, it's inevitable that your marriage will start to suffer.
It's some comfort to know that he died instantly and didn't suffer.
If he is suffering, he certainly shows no outward sign of it.
She'd suffered terribly over the years but it hadn't made her bitter.
Pregnant women often suffer from iron deficiency.
Do you suffer from migraine?