ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Insufferable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɪnˈsʌfəɹəb(ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Insufferable is an adjective meaning Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.

Meaning

Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.

Example Sentences

She is sensible that a vain person is the most insufferable creature living in a well-bred assembly.
The oppressive heat has become insufferable in Syria – and as the temperature climbs, emotions get harder to contain.
This is insufferable! My dearest friend, I was never so enraged before, and must relieve myself by writing to you, who I know will enter into all my feelings.
He heard and saw, and sought to free / His strain'd eye from the sight: / But Heaven's high magic bound it there, / Still gazing, though untaught to bear / Th' insufferable light.

Synonyms for insufferable

Depending on context, synonyms include insupportable, unabideable, unendurable, unsufferable, unsupportable, impossible.

Antonyms for insufferable

Common opposites include abideable, bearable, endurable, sufferable, supportable, tolerable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unsufferable, intolerable, unacceptable, impossible, unbearable, insupportable.

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