endurable

[ en-door-uh-buhl, -dyoor- ]

adjective

1. capable of being endured; bearable; tolerable.

Other Words From

• en·dura·bili·ty en·dura·ble·ness noun
• en·dura·bly adverb
• nonen·dura·ble adjective
• unen·dura·bili·ty adjective
• unen·dura·ble adjective
• unen·dura·ble·ness noun
• unen·dura·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of endurable¹

First recorded in 1600–10; endure + -able

Example Sentences

All the while, I’ve been turning it into tactile, huggable grief—grief I’ve held so hard and close, and by making the pillow less durable, I’ve transformed mourning into something endurable.

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He accordingly betook himself to London, where he had social resources which would, perhaps, make exile endurable.

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Then Perry Thomas blundered in, and compared to him, old Luther and his learned brother were endurable.

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Cool wind makes weather endurable, but bees terrible in kitchen & around water-hole.

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Lawanne once said to him that a man must worship a God, love a woman, or find a real friendship, to make life endurable.

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Norfolk is just endurable in October, when game and 'longshore herrings are in.

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