Insufferable
[ɪn'sʌf(ə)rəb(ə)l] or [ɪn'sʌfrəbl]
Definition
(a.) Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs.
(a.) Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.
Editor: Moore
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Intolerable, insupportable, unbearable, unendurable, that cannot be borne or endured.
Typist: Morton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Intolerable, impermissible, unallowable, unendurable, unbearable
ANT:Tolerable, allowable, endurable, supportable
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Definition
adj. that cannot be endured: detestable.—adv. Insuff′erably.
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Examples
- Suspense was insufferable; so I ventured to send my servant to inquire when the family were expected in London. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I might have thanked Mrs. Bute for her patronage, and Mr. Pitt for his insufferable condescension. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Ursula WAS such an insufferable outsider, rushing in where angels would fear to tread. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His insufferable smile was more complacent than ever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Absurd and insufferable! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Her patronage became more and more insufferable. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Insufferable woman! Jane Austen. Emma.
- On the drunken occasion in question (one of a large number, as you know), I was insufferable about liking you, and not liking you. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Assistance is impossible; condolence insufferable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- However, when a person gives a bad dinner, and apologises for not giving you a better, the apology is always more insufferable than the dinner. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Insufferable to him were all notorieties and celebrities: where he could not outshine, he fled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Every motion was insufferable pain, and he was sick. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- While he was so dull, it was no wonder that Harriet should be dull likewise; and they were both insufferable. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Absolutely insufferable! Jane Austen. Emma.
- The airs he puts on are insufferable. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I see an insufferable glory burning terribly between the pillars. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And mine, said Mr. Knightley warmly, is, that if he turn out any thing like it, he will be the most insufferable fellow breathing! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Ten couple, in either of the Randalls rooms, would have been insufferable! Jane Austen. Emma.
- His voice was hoarse; his look that of a man who is just about to burst an insufferable bond and plunge headlong into wild license. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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