insufferable

[in-suhf-er-uh-buhl] Example Sentences Origin

in·suf·fer·a·ble

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

Origin:
1525–35; in-3 + sufferable

in·suf·fer·a·ble·ness, noun
in·suf·fer·a·bly, adverb
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Insufferable has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
Example Sentences
  • Without characters, the bejeweled language and knot-ridden plots would be insufferable.
  • At times he was a great companion and at others insufferable.
  • Canadians suffer from acute and insufferable political correctness.
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insufferable (ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl)
 
adj
intolerable; unendurable
 
in'sufferableness
 
n
 
in'sufferably
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

insufferable
1533, from in- "not" + sufferable (see suffer).
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