insufferable
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Definition of insufferable
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adj
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Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.
“No, his good Meen, his Youth, and blooming Face / Tempt him to think, that vvith a better grace / Himſelf might ſit, and thou ſupply his place. / Behold there yet remains, vvhich muſt be born, / Proud Servants more inſufferable Scorn.”
“She is sensible that a vain person is the most insufferable creature living in a well-bred assembly.”
“This is insufferable! My dearest friend, I was never so enraged before, and must relieve myself by writing to you, who I know will enter into all my feelings.”
“"She had better have stayed at home," cried Elizabeth; "perhaps she meant well, but, under such a misfortune as this, one cannot see too little of one's neighbours. Assistance is impossible; condolence, insufferable. Let them triumph over us at a distance, and be satisfied."”
“He heard and saw, and sought to free / His strain'd eye from the sight: / But Heaven's high magic bound it there, / Still gazing, though untaught to bear / Th' insufferable light.”
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Etymology
From Late Middle English insufferable (“unbearably painful, intolerable”), and then either: * from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + sufferable, souffrable (“bearable, endurable, tolerable; allowable, permissible; able to or willing to…
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From Late Middle English insufferable (“unbearably painful, intolerable”), and then either: * from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + sufferable, souffrable (“bearable, endurable, tolerable; allowable, permissible; able to or willing to bear hardship; forbearing, long-suffering; calm, self-restrained, slow to anger; capable of suffering”) (from Anglo-Norman sufferable, souffrable, and Old French souffrable, suffrable (“sufferable, tolerable”)); or * from Old French insouffrable (“which cannot be endured or suffered; something insufferable or unendurable”) (now dialectal), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + souffrable, suffrable. From Old French souffrable, suffrable are derived from Medieval Latin sufferābilis, from Latin sufferre + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’); while sufferre is the present active infinitive of sufferō, subferō (“to bear or carry under; to bear, endure, suffer, undergo”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, under’) + ferō (“to bear, carry; to endure, suffer, tolerate”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)). The English word is analysable as in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + sufferable.
Words you can make from insufferable
200+ playable · top: SUFFERABLE (18 pts)
Best play sufferable 18 points10-letter words
1 word9-letter words
13 words8-letter words
42 words- BAFFLERS 16 pts
- BLUFFERS 16 pts
- FUNFAIRS 14 pts
- RUFFIANS 14 pts
- SIFFLEUR 14 pts
- SNIFFLER 14 pts
- SNUFFIER 14 pts
- SNUFFLER 14 pts
- AFEBRILE 13 pts
- BALEFIRE 13 pts
- BARFLIES 13 pts
- BASINFUL 13 pts
- BELFRIES 13 pts
- BLUEFINS 13 pts
- FEASIBLE 13 pts
- FINEABLE 13 pts
- FIREABLE 13 pts
- FIREBASE 13 pts
- SURFABLE 13 pts
- UNBELIEF 13 pts
- FAILURES 11 pts
- FILAREES 11 pts
- FLANERIE 11 pts
- FLANEURS 11 pts
- FRAULEIN 11 pts
- FUNERALS 11 pts
- FUNEREAL 11 pts
- FUSILEER 11 pts
- REINFUSE 11 pts
- SNEERFUL 11 pts
- ABSEILER 10 pts
- BASELINE 10 pts
- BERLINES 10 pts
- BLUESIER 10 pts
- ENABLERS 10 pts
- NEBULISE 10 pts
- REUSABLE 10 pts
- RINSABLE 10 pts
- RUINABLE 10 pts
- URBANISE 10 pts
- ALIENERS 8 pts
- UNEASIER 8 pts
7-letter words
107 words- BAFFIES 15 pts
- BAFFLER 15 pts
- BAFFLES 15 pts
- BLUFFER 15 pts
- BUFFERS 15 pts
- BUFFIER 15 pts
- EFFABLE 15 pts
- REBUFFS 15 pts
- AFFINES 13 pts
- FARFELS 13 pts
- FEARFUL 13 pts
- FUNFAIR 13 pts
- NIFFERS 13 pts
- RAFFLES 13 pts
- RIFFLES 13 pts
- RUFFIAN 13 pts
- RUFFLES 13 pts
- SNAFFLE 13 pts
- SNIFFER 13 pts
- SNIFFLE 13 pts
- SNUFFER 13 pts
- SNUFFLE 13 pts
- SUFFARI 13 pts
- BANEFUL 12 pts
- BEFLEAS 12 pts
- BELIEFS 12 pts
- BLUEFIN 12 pts
- FABLERS 12 pts
- FEBRILE 12 pts
- FIBULAE 12 pts
- FIBULAR 12 pts
- FIBULAS 12 pts
- FINABLE 12 pts
- FRIABLE 12 pts
- FRISBEE 12 pts
- FUBSIER 12 pts
- FUSIBLE 12 pts
- SUBFILE 12 pts
- EARFULS 10 pts
- EASEFUL 10 pts
- FAERIES 10 pts
- FAILURE 10 pts
- FELINES 10 pts
- FERLIES 10 pts
- FERULAE 10 pts
- FERULAS 10 pts
- FERULES 10 pts
- FILAREE 10 pts
- FINALES 10 pts
- FLANEUR 10 pts
- FLENSER 10 pts
- FREESIA 10 pts
- FRENULA 10 pts
- FRESNEL 10 pts
- FUELERS 10 pts
- FUNERAL 10 pts
- FURANES 10 pts
- INFARES 10 pts
- INFULAE 10 pts
- INFUSER 10 pts
- LEAFERS 10 pts
- LEAFIER 10 pts
- REFILES 10 pts
- REFINES 10 pts
- REFLIES 10 pts
- REFUELS 10 pts
- REFUSAL 10 pts
- RELIEFS 10 pts
- SNARFLE 10 pts
- UNFREES 10 pts
- UNSAFER 10 pts
- BAILEES 9 pts
- BAILERS 9 pts
- BALEENS 9 pts
- BEANIES 9 pts
- BELIERS 9 pts
- BERLINE 9 pts
- BERLINS 9 pts
- BURIALS 9 pts
- BURNIES 9 pts
- ENABLER 9 pts
- ENABLES 9 pts
- LESBIAN 9 pts
- NEBULAE 9 pts
- NEBULAR 9 pts
- NEBULAS 9 pts
- RAILBUS 9 pts
- SLURBAN 9 pts
- SUBERIN 9 pts
- SUBLINE 9 pts
- UNBALES 9 pts
- UNBEARS 9 pts
- USEABLE 9 pts
- ALIENER 7 pts
- ALINERS 7 pts
- INSULAE 7 pts
- INSULAR 7 pts
- INULASE 7 pts
- LEANERS 7 pts
- LEISURE 7 pts
- LIERNES 7 pts
- NAILERS 7 pts
- REALISE 7 pts
- RELINES 7 pts
- RENAILS 7 pts
- UNREELS 7 pts
- URINALS 7 pts
6-letter words
36 words- BAFFLE 14 pts
- BLAFFS 14 pts
- BLUFFS 14 pts
- AFFINE 12 pts
- BARFIS 11 pts
- BEFLEA 11 pts
- BELIEF 11 pts
- ABELES 8 pts
- ABLINS 8 pts
- ABSEIL 8 pts
- ABUSER 8 pts
- AIRBUS 8 pts
- BAILEE 8 pts
- BAILER 8 pts
- BAIRNS 8 pts
- BALEEN 8 pts
- BALERS 8 pts
- BEANIE 8 pts
- BELIER 8 pts
- BELIES 8 pts
- BERLIN 8 pts
- BINERS 8 pts
- BIRLES 8 pts
- BLAINS 8 pts
- BLARES 8 pts
- BLEARS 8 pts
- AENEUS 6 pts
- AERIES 6 pts
- ALIENS 6 pts
- ALINER 6 pts
- ALINES 6 pts
- ANELES 6 pts
- ARENES 6 pts
- ARIELS 6 pts
- ARISEN 6 pts
- ARSINE 6 pts
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