1. Feel ill, be uncomfortable or in pain
   "Were you suffering after the accident?";
   - hurt, ache
    
2. Undergo or be subjected to
   "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom";
   - endure
    
3. Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
   "She suffered a fracture in the accident";
   - sustain, have, get
    
4. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   "The new secretary had to suffer a lot of unprofessional remarks";
   - digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, put up
    
5. Get worse in quality
   "His grades suffered"
    
6. Undergo or suffer
   "suffer a terrible fate";
   - meet
    
7. Be given to
   "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"
    
8. Be set at a disadvantage
   "This author really suffers in translation";
   - lose

Derived forms: suffering, suffered, suffers

Type of: allow, be given, countenance, decline, experience, feel, get, go through, have, incline, lean, let, permit, receive, run, see, tend, worsen

Encyclopedia: Suffer, Survive