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bearable Definition

bear·able (-ə bəl)

adjective

that can be borne or endured; tolerable

bearable Related Forms

bear′·ably adverb

bearable Synonyms

bearable

modif.

endurable, tolerable, passable, admissible, supportable, sufferable.

bearable Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: They become friends, making the lonely evenings more bearable.
  • find: I found this sequence much more bearable than the torture sequence, where characters are not even given a chance to fight back.

Modifies a noun

  • level: Light clouds mean the desert temperature is kept to a bearable level.
  • thank: Delays Flights which are subject to late take-off times should also become mildly more bearable thanks to the new legislation.
  • life: But when beliefs like this have come between a person and a bearable current life, then they have to be challenged.
  • experience: Thanks to all at hitched for your continuing efforts to make the role of the Best Man a more successful and bearable experience!
  • pain: I started to have longer periods of bearable pain.

Modifying Another Word

  • quite: This base camp made working in what could have been impossible conditions quite bearable.
  • about: Apart from the summer rain, it's just about bearable, George.
  • only: Toby Walker - The Seventies Onwards 1984 The above photo is the only bearable image that exists here of yours truly.
  • almost: The last CD I listened to was The Prodigy Singles - playing this at full volume makes doing the weekend housework almost bearable.
  • even: Sitting typing away at emails in a lonely hotel room, it's even bearable to listen to music from the built-in speakers.
  • just: It had been a year since they had seen each other and the solitude had been only just bearable.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: The wind chill option suddenly seemed much more bearable.
  • become: All in all, this was now becoming bearable.
  • make: Are journey was made more bearable by a good old pub lunch on the way home.

Preposition: for

people: Between 1950 and 1980, many of these medicines played an important part in schizophrenia treatment and made life more bearable for many people.

Preposition: by

  • fact: This is made slightly more bearable by the fact that the clocks went back in the night.
  • breeze: Soaring temperatures were kept bearable by a lovely breeze.