unsufferable

adjective

un·​sufferable

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1

: not to be suffered or borne with patience or composure : intolerable, insufferable

an unsufferable wrong

unsufferable pride

an unsufferable snob

2

: so painful or severe as to be physically unbearable

unsufferable cold

unsufferable torment

unsufferable pain

unsufferably

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adverb

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from un- entry 1 + sufferable

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