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unrelievable

unrelievable

9.2
Not possible to make less painful or severe
  • adjective
translation icon : insoportable
  • I don't know what I would do if I found myself in constant unrelievable pain.

Examples

  • The doctor explained that the patient's unrelievable pain would require specialized treatment.

  • We must be sure to address the concept of unrelievable pain in any future challenges.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Many people who experience unrelievable suffering often find it hard to cope with daily life.

  • After the accident, he faced unrelievable grief, finding it difficult to move on.

Synonyms

unassuageable
vsunrelievable
1 9.9

Impossible to calm or satisfy

is about being impossible to ease or reduce severity rather than just calming
irremediable
vsunrelievable
1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

focuses on inability to be eased or reduced rather than being beyond repair
unalleviated
vsunrelievable
  • Formal
8.6

It is still painful or serious with no relief

is impossible to ease or lessen rather than simply not yet reduced
unmitigable
vsunrelievable
9.9

You cannot make it less serious or less strong

is about not able to be eased or reduced in any way
undiminishable
vsunrelievable
9.4

Cannot become smaller or weaker

focuses on quantity or force that cannot be reduced rather than comfort
unappeasable
vsunrelievable
8.4

Impossible to calm or satisfy

relates to inability to be eased or reduced, not only failure to calm
unsoothable
vsunrelievable
  • Archaic
8.7

Does not calm down no matter what you do

is broader, about severity that cannot be eased rather than only calming
unconsolable
vsunrelievable
8.0

Extremely sad and not able to be comforted

is about inability to be eased or reduced in severity, not just grief
ineliminable
vsunrelievable
9.9

Not possible to remove or avoid completely

is about not being reducible in severity rather than impossible to remove

Antonyms

treatable
  • Specialized
31 3.5

A condition a doctor or medicine can cure

Surface Forms

unrelievable positive

Morphology

unrelievable = relievable (transparent) = un + relieve + able

Formed by straightforward prefixation of 'un-' to 'relievable' (relieve + -able); the negated meaning is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word unrelievable comes from un- 'not' and relieve 'to lift or make lighter', the same root as relief, so it describes pain or discomfort that cannot be eased or made less.