1. to experience physical or mental pain, distress, or hardship
2. to become worse in quality or condition; to decline
3. to tolerate or allow something undesirable
Usage: often used in negative constructions

Examples

• She suffered from severe headaches for years.
• The team suffered a crushing defeat in the championship.
• His grades began to suffer when he stopped studying.
• The garden suffered during the drought.
• I will not suffer such disrespectful behavior in my classroom.
• Many people suffer in silence rather than ask for help.
• The company’s reputation suffered after the scandal.