endurable

American  

[en-door-uh-buhl, -dyoor-] / ɛnˈdʊər ə bəl, -ˈdyʊər- /

adjective

1. capable of being endured; bearable; tolerable.

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Other Word Forms

• endurability noun
• endurableness noun
• endurably adverb
• nonendurable adjective
• unendurability adjective
• unendurable adjective
• unendurableness noun
• unendurably adverb

Etymology

Origin of endurable

First recorded in 1600–10; endure + -able

Example Sentences

Could a cold plunge be not only endurable but enjoyable?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

With a price per viewing of zero, Netflix and Amazon Prime shows only have to be endurable.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2019

With victories over the Jacksonville Jaguars and Arizona Cardinals in hand, the 10-plus-hour flight home was no doubt far more endurable than it might have been following a loss or two.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2017

Perhaps this is what Rothko meant when he told a group of art students that he included in his paintings a measure of hope: ‘‘10 percent to make the tragic concept more endurable.’’

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2017

Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother’s voice took all of the grief out of the words and left me with a conviction that pain was not only endurable, it was sweet.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison