endurable

/in'djuərəbl/

Thân thiện

The punishment was harsh but endurable.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being endured or tolerated; bearable: Describes something unpleasant or difficult that can be suffered or tolerated without being overcome.
   • Able to be sustained or put up with: Implies a level of unpleasantness that, while not desirable, is manageable and does not exceed one's capacity to withstand it.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The pain was sharp but endurable, allowing her to finish the race.
  • The heat in the desert is intense but becomes endurable with proper hydration and shelter.
  • He found the long meetings tedious but endurable for the sake of his career.

Advanced Usage

• "Barely endurable": Used to emphasize that something is at the very limit of what can be tolerated.
  • The noise from the construction site was barely endurable, making concentration impossible.
• "Endurable conditions": A common collocation describing a tolerable state or environment.
  • The refugees sought shelter that provided at least endurable conditions.

Variants and Related Words

• Endure (verb): To suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently; to remain in existence.
  • She had to endure many hardships.
• Endurance (noun): The ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.
  • The marathon tests both physical and mental endurance.
• Enduring (adjective): Lasting over a long period; durable.
  • They formed an enduring friendship.

Synonyms

• Bearable: Able to be endured.
• Tolerable: Acceptable, though not outstanding or perfect.
• Supportable: Capable of being borne or endured.
• Sufferable (formal): Able to be suffered or endured.

Antonyms

• Unbearable: Not able to be endured or tolerated.
• Intolerable: Unable to be endured.
• Insufferable: Too extreme to bear; intolerable.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being borne though unpleasant
   • sufferable punishment

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bearable
• sufferable
• supportable