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View synonyms for unbearable

unbearable

[ uhn-bair-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not bearable; unendurable; intolerable.


unbearable

/ ʌnˈbɛərəbəl /

adjective

  1. not able to be borne or endured


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Derived Forms

  • unˈbearably, adverb
  • unˈbearableness, noun

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Other Words From

  • un·beara·ble·ness noun
  • un·beara·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of unbearable1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; un- 1, bearable

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Example Sentences

She had grown so perfect and gentle and consoling that it was unbearable, she was a big, round smooth balloon without a face.

Griffin wore a Captain America costume, complete with a mask, which he was nearly unbearable in the sweltering heat.

Why do we only talk about gun control after the most unbearable national tragedies?

“Living in Vietnam became unbearable,” remembers another refugee.

This unbearable realization riddles us with a paralyzing existential anxiety that we need to do something with, and quickly.

We were now within the tropics, but found the heat greatly moderated by the trade wind, and only unbearable in the cabin.

All at once it seemed to Um-ko an unbearable thing for any spark of life to be so prisoned.

I have emerged from the strife victorious, in so far that life has ceased to be unbearable.

Suddenly the whole palace shook terribly, the floor seemed to reel, an unbearable sound raged at my ears.

Music that is all rushing climaxes is unbearable; a picture must not be a glare of high lights.

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