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insufferable Definition

in·suf·fer·able (in sufər ə bəl)

adjective

not sufferable; intolerable; unbearable

insufferable Related Forms
in·suf·fer·ably adverb
insufferable Synonyms

insufferable

modif.

insufferable Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • pain: Then sinners will not be able to hide themselves; but, with insufferable pain, they shall be compelled to appear in judgment.
  • arrogance: For all its dodgy haircuts, confused politics and insufferable arrogance, we're still benefiting from its influence today, argues Andy Medhurst.
  • cow: Who on earth was that insufferable cow with the loud voice, moaning about everyone else?
  • snob: Then there's Olympia's ex, an insufferable snob, who sees the ball as the perfect opportunity for a family feud.
  • vanity: I am aware that this will appear to be insufferable vanity to some modest types.
  • heat: She captures a flavor of the quiet loneliness, the insufferable heat, and the barren landscape in which her characters live.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: The amount of paging traffic on EMAS concerned with trivial buffer filling and emptying rapidly became insufferable.
insufferable Quotes

[At school] I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

—Beerbohm, Sir (Henry) Max(imilian)