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Antonyms for unbearable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-bair-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈbɛər ə bəl



Definition of unbearable

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + bearable. Related: Unbearably.
  • adj very bad; too much
Example sentences :
  • Maybe the thought that the dead are lost to us was too unbearable.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • But things are unbearable just until we have them to bear; their possibility comes with them.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Her little curls were flying; and oh, most unbearable of all!
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • I spoke of this to our old family friend, Meydieu, who was so unbearable.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • There was a time in my imprisonment, when my desire for vengeance was unbearable.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • He got drunk every day, and when in his cups he was unbearable.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • On the other hand, he was subject to unbearable pains in various parts of the body.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
  • This was so unbearable that he at once made a rush at the door.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • But Micheals' mind was in mythology now, retreating from the unbearable present.
  • Extract from : « The Leech » by Phillips Barbee
  • The cost of sustenance is unbearable and he makes no money at all.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

Synonyms for unbearable

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