insufferable
AdjectiveUS[in-suhf-er-uh-buhl]/ˌɪnˈsʌfɚəbəl/5 syllables
Synonyms:
unsufferable
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Adjective (2)
- unbearably arrogant or conceited“insufferable insolence”Opposite tolerableSimilar intolerable, unbearable
- 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