to can’t bear

Examples

• All

• And now my life is bound up with the kind of questions I can't bear to ask.

  Fiction book (1991)

• And I can't bear the thought of Christmas without you.

  Blue Like Jazz (2012)

• Most of these I could not bear to leave behind.

  Little Women (1994)

• There are some women, it is said, who cannot bear the thought of success.

  Fiction book (1991)

• But I miss my mother, and I cannot bear Christmas without her.

  Fiction book (1998)

• I cannot bear that burden.

  Love Don’t Fade Away (2023)

• I cannot bear the guilt.

  Death Tunnel (2005)

• Oh, I can't bear the thought of you going to Kansas.

  Infamous (2006)

• I can't bear this dreadful music.

  Paws (1997)

• I can't bear the sound of nails on a chalkboard.

Synonyms

C

to can't stand

vsto can’t bear

516 3.2

Strongly dislike and be unable to bear something or someone

emphasizes not being able to endure things that are upsetting or difficult

L

to loathe

vsto can’t bear

58 5.3

To dislike someone or something very strongly

focuses on being unable to tolerate unpleasant or difficult things rather than only disgust

D

to detest

vsto can’t bear

49 3.5

To feel a very strong dislike for someone or something

is about not being able to tolerate upsetting or difficult things rather than mere aversion

S

to stand the sight of

vsto can’t bear

• Informal

6 6.5

You feel upset or faint when you see something you dislike

covers inability to endure unpleasant or upsetting things in general not only visual cases

Antonyms

A

to accept

∞ 3.5

To tolerate an unpleasant situation without complaining

B

to bear

876 3.9

To accept something difficult or unpleasant

E

to endure

304 3.5

To deal with something difficult for a long time without giving up

How Tolerant

to welcome

233 1.0

to accept

793 1.0

to tolerate

290 3.5

to put up with

288 4.3

to can’t bear

59 3.7

Surface Forms

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Etymology