Bearable
['beərəb(ə)l] or ['bɛrəbl]
Definition
(adj.) capable of being borne though unpleasant; 'sufferable punishment' .
Inputed by Dennis--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable.
Typist: Louis
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Tolerable, endurable, supportable.
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Examples
- I can help to make your life here more bearable, but your fate is inevitable. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It dispelled the visions--and it was bearable because it did that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The men are bearable, but their women-- Wife, just married, dev'lish pretty woman, I hear, the old Earl said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Anything might be bearable rather than such reproaches. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Lying in bed all day and playing at dominoes, like poor Lord Plessy, would be more private and bearable. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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