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unsufferably

unsufferably

9.1
In a way that is too unpleasant or painful to bear
  • adverb
  • /ʌnˈsʌfərəbli/
translation icon : insoportablemente
  • He complained unsufferably about the long wait.

Examples

  • The room became unsufferably hot as the sun beat down all afternoon.

  • He found her arrogance unsufferably annoying during the entire meeting.

  • The noise from the construction site was unsufferably loud every morning.

  • The heat was unsufferably intense during the summer.

  • The lecture was delivered in an unsufferably dull manner, causing many students to fall asleep.

  • Waiting in the unsufferably long queue made us question whether we should have come here at all.

  • The movie was so unsufferably slow that I wanted to leave halfway through.

Synonyms

excruciatingly
vsunsufferably
16 8.2

In a very painful or strong way

is more general, covering extreme hardship beyond physical pain
unbearably
vsunsufferably
12 4.9

So strong or bad that you cannot stand it

is similar but may focus on difficulty rather than absolute intolerability
agonizingly
vsunsufferably
  • US
4 7.4

In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry

is broader, applying to extreme hardship not only pain
insufferably
vsunsufferably
2 8.2

In a very annoying way that people cannot stand

is the general extreme way not limited to physical pain
unendurably
vsunsufferably
1 7.9

Too strong or bad for you to stand

is intense but can mean extremely hard rather than strictly impossible to bear

Antonyms

3 4.9

Good enough but not very good

How Bearable

tolerably
3 4.9
intolerably
2 6.3
unsufferably
9.1

Surface Forms

unsufferably positive

Morphology

unsufferably = unsufferable (transparent) = un + suffer + able + ly

Formed by a regular adverbial derivation from 'unsufferable' (+-ly); the step is productive and predictable for learners.

Etymology

Unsufferably is made of un- 'not', suffer 'to bear or put up with', and -ably 'in a way'. Think of trying to carry a heavy load you cannot bear, and unsufferably describes something so bad you cannot endure.