to feel or experience pain, difficulty etc; to bear (something unpleasant)
be in pain
Cases of word usage
1) to suffer the main strain, hardship, of an attack, criticism, anger etc (brunt)
2) to suffer a long period of (pain, hardship etc) (endure)
3) to suffer the loss of (something) as a punishment or result of an action (forfeit)
4) to suffer grief (because of a person, thing) (grieve)
5) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (the virus that is present in a person who may suffer from AIDS) (HIV)
6) a person who is put to death or caused to suffer greatly for the sake of a great cause, religious belief or principle (martyr)
7) to make a person carry, have, suffer etc too much (overburden)
8) to punish a person, make a person suffer a disadvantage, (because of a wrong act, failure and often unfairly) (penalize)
9) to cause (a person) to suffer for doing wrong (punish)
10) (to cause a person, animal) to suffer or die from hunger; to feel very hungry (starve)