verb
1
BAD : The woman was so unpleasant that none of us could suffer her.
GOOD : The woman was so unpleasant that none of us could tolerate her.
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See note at SUPPORT (↑ support )
2
BAD : The other passenger suffered from serious leg injuries.
GOOD : The other passenger suffered serious leg injuries.
BAD : Most of the carriers suffer hemophilia.
GOOD : Most of the carriers suffer from hemophilia.
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suffer an injury, pain, loss, defeat, etc (WITHOUT from ): 'She can walk again, but she still suffers a lot of pain.' 'The party suffered yet another humiliating defeat in the recent by-election.
suffer from a disease, poverty, starvation, etc: 'A lot of the children we saw were suffering from malnutrition.' 'Aunt Linda suffers from arthritis.'