Synonyms for unsufferable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : suhf-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌf ər

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Définition of unsufferable

Origin :
  • early 13c., "to be made to undergo, endure" (pain, death, punishment, judgment, grief), from Anglo-French suffrir, Old French sufrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferire, variant of Latin sufferre "to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under," from sub "up, under" (see sub-) + ferre "to carry" (see infer).
  • Replaced Old English þolian, þrowian. Meaning "to meekly submit to hardship" is from late 13c. That of "to undergo" (distress, suffering, etc.) is mid-14c. Meaning "to tolerate, allow" something to occur or continue is recorded from mid-13c. Related: Suffered; suffering.
  • adj unbearable
Example sentences :
  • This is an admirable commentary on the Unsufferable Behaviour of Servants.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Daniel De Foe » by George Chalmers
  • After torrents of unsufferable reproaches, not knowing what more to say, he accused me of having sold his ciphers.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete » by Jean Jacques Rousseau
  • The Defects and unsufferable Abuses which are heard in Recitatives, and not known to those who commit them, are innumerable.
  • Extract from : « Observations on the Florid Song » by Pier Francesco Tosi
  • Il n'y a de sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit—There are no fools so unsufferable as those who have wit.
  • Extract from : « Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources » by James Wood
  • There is nothing so unsufferable to me as an old huckster's shop of property.
  • Extract from : « Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) » by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Negligence of one's person not only implies an unsufferable indolence, but an indifference whether we please or not.
  • Extract from : « The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant » by John Hamilton Moore

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