unsufferable

8.4

So bad or strong that you cannot stand it

adjective
/ʌnˈsʌfərəbəl/

: insoportable

The heat during the summer can be unsufferable, making it difficult to enjoy outdoor activities.

We're all rich and unsufferable and they're learning old languages.

Examples

Waiting in line for hours in the unsufferable heat was not the way we wanted to spend our day.
His unsufferable attitude at work drove his colleagues away and created a toxic environment.
We're all rich and unsufferable and they're learning old languages.

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Synonyms

unbearable

vsunsufferable

89 3.9

Too painful or unpleasant to stand

is the overall sense of being too extreme to tolerate

intolerable

vsunsufferable

42 4.9

So unpleasant or painful that you cannot bear it

is the broad idea of being too extreme to tolerate

insufferable

vsunsufferable

26 7.5

So unpleasant you cannot stand it

is about being too extreme to tolerate in general

unendurable

vsunsufferable

3 8.0

Too unpleasant or painful to bear

is the same intolerability but phrased as extreme degree

insupportable

vsunsufferable

Formal

1 7.2

Too unpleasant or extreme to bear

is the plain everyday statement of being too extreme to bear

Antonyms

tolerable

31 3.5

Able to be put up with though not very good

bearable

25 3.2

Not too painful or unpleasant to handle

How Bearable

bearable

25 3.2

tolerable

31 3.5

unsufferable

8.4

Surface Forms

unsufferable positive

unsufferabler comparative

unsufferablest superlative

Morphology

unsufferable = sufferable (transparent) = un + suffer + able

Formed by the productive prefix 'un-' attached to 'sufferable', so the meaning 'not able to be suffered' is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word unsufferable breaks into un- meaning 'not', suffer meaning 'to bear', and -able meaning 'able to be'. So, unsufferable literally means 'not able to be borne', which is why it describes something too extreme to bear or intolerable.