Meaning & use
suffer
To experience pain, distress, or a negative condition, or to undergo something unpleasant.
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She suffered from severe headaches for weeks after the accident.
The local economy suffered greatly during the long recession that followed.
A note on using this word
Suffer often takes 'from' when naming an illness or condition, as in 'suffer from insomnia'.
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