endurable
/in'djuərəbl/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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capable of being borne though unpleasant
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sufferable punishment
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