unbearable
not bearable; unendurable; intolerable.
Origin of unbearable
1Other words from unbearable
- un·bear·a·ble·ness, noun
- un·bear·a·bly, adverb
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How to use unbearable in a sentence
Have we become a nation of Veruca Salts from “Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory,” who are unbearably demanding?
Doha, QATAR — The summers in Doha are so unbearably hot, few people venture out on the streets during daylight hours.
Measured, nearly silent, and unbearably tense, it's one of the most riveting scenes in Game of Thrones history.
Game of Thrones’ ‘The Lion and the Rose’: Joffrey’s Demented, Shocking Royal Wedding | Andrew Romano | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut even the Tevis novels that have happier endings are all almost unbearably sad.
‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ Is a Classic Twice over—as a Movie and a Novel | Malcolm Jones | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHealth Minister Yael German from the centrist Yesh Atid party (to which Tamano-Shata belongs) deemed it “unbearably absurd.”
Why Is Israel’s Red Cross Rejecting Ethiopian Blood? | Sigal Samuel | December 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
He flew into rages over nothing, seemed unbearably raw and irritable.
Sons and Lovers | David Herbert LawrenceBut as he went into one of the smart little cabins to get some sleep if possible, he felt terribly, almost unbearably, depressed.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensBut let us leave the river bank, which is unbearably hot in spite of the early hour.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyIt was wonderful news he had heard, but the price which had been paid for his safety was unbearably heavy.
The League of the Leopard | Harold BindlossNothing he had ever been made to taste he told himself, was so unbearably bitter as this dissatisfaction—this disgust with self.
The Dreamer | Mary Newton Stanard
British Dictionary definitions for unbearable
/ (ʌnˈbɛərəbəl) /
not able to be borne or endured
Derived forms of unbearable
- unbearableness, noun
- unbearably, adverb
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