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View synonyms for insufferable

insufferable

[ in-suhf-er-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable:

    their insufferable insolence.



insufferable

/ ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl /

adjective

  1. intolerable; unendurable


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Derived Forms

  • inˈsufferableness, noun
  • inˈsufferably, adverb

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Other Words From

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of insufferable1

First recorded in 1525–35; in- 3 + sufferable ( def )

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Example Sentences

It could also be true that she really was an insufferable lunatic afraid of catching Ebola from the plebeians.

Sheldon becomes a professor, but no students sign up for his class because his reputation as being insufferable precedes him.

Close your eyes and imagine all of the hardest partying, most insufferable celebrities in the world banished to one small island.

These parties sound positively insufferable, absolutely terrifying, and possibly even life-changing.

There are no doubt people who will find the bit silly and insufferable.

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.

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.

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