unbearable
89
3.9
- adjective
- /ʌnˈbɛrəbəl/
:
insoportable
- The rest of the day was unbearable.
- unbearable pain
- make life unbearable
- an unbearable burden
Baghdad is more noted for unbearable heat than cold.
- Baghdad is more noted for unbearable heat than cold.
- And two, the pain was getting unbearable even with therapy.
- And understand that it will be unbearable until it isn't.
- There is the unbearable lucidity of insomnia.
- And that can get really unbearable in your life.
- And it is that recognition that brings to an end this unbearable longing.
- So hopefully it's not too unbearable to watch.
- Sadly, both have suffered unbearable losses.
- To be drunk on undeath, a joy almost unbearable.
- It's better than happiness, but it's almost unbearable.
- What I want to talk to you about this evening is how artists take in unbearable situations.
- And in Chicago, like the Midwest, when it's July and August, it's unbearable.
- Drawing courage from the film makers presence, she decides to escape the unbearable oppression.
Examples
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And two, the pain was getting unbearable even with therapy.
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God, this heat is unbearable.
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This is gonna be an unbearable day.
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And at some point the suffering becomes almost unbearable for certain people within that society.
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What I want to talk to you about this evening is how artists take in unbearable situations.
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Sadly, both have suffered unbearable losses.
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A burden that one person considers too great to bear may not seem unbearable to another.
Academic text (1997) -
My sense of isolation was becoming unbearable; my fears were so acute.
Fiction book (1990) -
Or they're people that are experiencing unbearable pain and now that can be emotional pain.
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The heat during the summer months can become unbearable for many people without air conditioning.
Synonyms
142
4.2
Very harsh and severe, causing great difficulty or pain
58
7.2
Too terrible to describe in words
46
7.9
Causing very strong physical or mental pain
42
4.9
So unpleasant or painful that you cannot bear it
26
7.5
So unpleasant you cannot stand it
16
8.4
Causing very strong pain to the body or mind
7
5.9
Causing very strong physical or emotional pain
3
8.0
Too unpleasant or painful to bear
3
9.0
Very bad or difficult and hard to deal with
1
7.2
Too unpleasant or extreme to bear
1
9.9
Impossible to calm or satisfy
So bad or strong that you cannot stand it
Causing very strong physical or mental pain
Not possible to make less painful or severe
Antonyms
How Tolerable
494
1.0
31
3.5
215
1.0
737
1.0
89
3.9
46
7.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unbearable comes from the parts un- 'not', bear 'to carry or put up with', and -able 'able'. So something unbearable is 'not able to be put up with', which is why it means too painful or unpleasant to accept.