Synonyms of insufferable

insufferable

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈsə-f(ə-)rə-bəl 

as in unbearable

more than can be put up with

an insufferable bore whose only topic of conversation is himself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unbearable
• intolerable
• unendurable
• intense
• extreme
• insupportable
• overwhelming
• unsupportable
• obnoxious
• terrible
• unacceptable
• harsh
• crushing
• painful
• horrible
• uncomfortable
• appalling
• acute
• disgusting
• vile
• dreadful
• torturous
• horrid
• excruciating
• loathsome
• sickening
• horrifying
• wretched
• repulsive
• nightmarish
• gruesome
• shocking
• odious
• horrendous
• repugnant
• revolting
• piercing
• nauseating
• offensive
• distasteful
• heinous
• unspeakable
• harrowing
• noxious
• comfortless
• hard
• tormenting
• grewsome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tolerable
• sustainable
• sufferable
• acceptable
• endurable
• supportable
• livable
• adequate
• satisfactory
• reasonable
• allowable
• admissible
• liveable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of insufferable

Bex is at least insufferable in that way that television’s all-knowing, all-seeing profilers so frequently are. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2025

Sabine is insufferable—a bad spouse and a bad friend, simultaneously needy and negligent. —Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024

When you do get picked up, you may get carted around town for an insufferable tour of the five boroughs. —Gian Carlo Pedulla, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025

Watching Ashley give Luke the middle finger as she’s wheeled into an ambulance — miraculously having survived a stab to the neck thanks to a single piece of duct tape — isn’t satisfying enough after that insufferable groping scene. —Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024