insufferable

[ in-suhf-er-uh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.

Origin of insufferable

1
First recorded in 1525–35; in-3 + sufferable

Other words from insufferable

  • in·suf·fer·a·ble·ness, noun
  • in·suf·fer·a·bly, adverb

Words Nearby insufferable

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How to use insufferable in a sentence

  • The suspense with which Louis listened to this perfidious confederation, was almost insufferable.

  • He might have been an insufferable young man for a poverty-stricken teacher of French to have as a fellow-lodger; but he was not.

  • We were here above two months, attracted by Jenny's kind heart and oddities; but driven away finally by the insufferable dirt.

    Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • It is impossible to convey an idea of the insufferable oppression of the air in the place I occupied.

  • Of course she will, and they'll be precisely a part of the insufferable side of her life.

    The Tragic Muse | Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for insufferable

insufferable

/ (ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl) /


adjective
  1. intolerable; unendurable

Derived forms of insufferable

  • insufferableness, noun
  • insufferably, adverb

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