insufferable

Adjective
US[in-suhf-er-uh-buhl]/ˌɪnˈsʌfɚəbəl/5 syllables
Synonyms: unsufferable

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. unbearably arrogant or conceited“insufferable insolence”Opposite tolerableSimilar intolerable, unbearable
  2. too extreme to bear“the insufferable heat of August in a New York apartment with no air conditioning”Synonyms: unsufferableOpposite tolerableSimilar intolerable, unbearable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

In·suf′fer·a·ble adjective

1. Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs. John Locke

2. Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.

A multitude of scribblers who daily pester the world with their insufferable stuff.— John Dryden

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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