Synonyms for forbearing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fawr-bair
Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈbɛər

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Définition of forbearing

Origin :
  • "to abstain," Old English forberan "bear up against, control one's feelings, endure," from for- + beran "to bear" (see bear (v.)). Related: Forbearer; forbearing; forbore.
  • adj tolerant
Example sentences :
  • Is she not for ever obliged (as she was pleased to hint to me) to be of the forbearing side?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • We are grateful to you, Ted and I, for having been so forbearing in the past.
  • Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • He was forgiving and forbearing and kinder than I had any right to expect.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Could we not pay our friend the compliment of truth, of silence, of forbearing?
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • There are insults which even my forbearing spirit will not meekly endure.
  • Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
  • The painters were calm and forbearing, and scrupulously courteous to each other.
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • In the mean time, the Romans, he added, had been moderate and forbearing.
  • Extract from : « Hannibal » by Jacob Abbott
  • The father was prudent, cautious, wise, and often generous and forbearing.
  • Extract from : « Darius the Great » by Jacob Abbott
  • Only let me say one thing, Theodora—be forbearing, or you will be fostering the enemy.'
  • Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • I wasn't half so patient 'n' forbearing as I ought to have been.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 » by Various

Antonyms for forbearing

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