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Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-suh-pawr-tuh-buh l, -pohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn səˈpɔr tə bəl, -ˈpoʊr-

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Définition of insupportable

Origin :
  • 1520s, from French insupportable (14c.) or directly from Late Latin insupportabilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Latin supportare "to carry" (see support).
  • adj unbearable
Example sentences :
  • After my marriage, my old malady rose to an insupportable height.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The conversation was rapidly becoming insupportable to Artois.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • His soul was in a tumult, and he was driven on by fears that were all but insupportable.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • By now I might have found existence insupportable, and so—who knows?
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • To her the idea of associating with a wild, and unruly character like this was insupportable.
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
  • "You are insupportable, Peter Barrington," said she, rising in anger.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • She wished he could have come, for her loneliness began to be insupportable.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • Whatever did not flatter my vanity, was to me insupportable.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
  • He said he had brought an insupportable shame upon the family.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • She could not meet the insupportable expression of his greedy eyes.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham

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