ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unbearable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Unbearable is an adjective meaning So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.

Meaning

So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.

Example Sentences

The heat of the fire, the steam which arose from the dampening water, the hard slogging at the white-hot metal of the links, and the continual pulling of lengths of chain, were calculated to put a test on the strongest of men, and often on hot summer days they had to be sent home, for the work became unbearable.

Synonyms for unbearable

Depending on context, synonyms include insufferable, unsupportable, intolerable, unendurable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unendurable, intolerable, insufferable, insupportable, unacceptable, unaffordable.

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