insufferable
insufferable
Definition
in·suf·fer·able (in suf′ər ə bəl)
adjective
not sufferable; intolerable; unbearable
in·suf′·fer·ably adverb
insufferable
Synonyms
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.
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