forbearing
/fɔ:'beəriɳ/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment: Characterized by patience, tolerance, and the ability to endure provocation or hardship without becoming angry or resentful.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She was remarkably forbearing with the constant interruptions during her presentation.
- His forbearing nature allowed him to listen calmly to the unfair criticism.
- A forbearing parent understands that children make mistakes as they learn.
Advanced Usage
- "To be forbearing of/toward someone/something": To show patience and tolerance towards a person or situation.
- The teacher was forbearing of the students' initial struggles with the complex material.
- Used in formal or literary contexts to describe a virtuous character trait, often in the face of clear injustice or annoyance.
Variants and Related Words
- Forbear (verb): To refrain or desist from something; to be patient or tolerant. (Note: This is the root verb, but it is less common in modern usage than the adjective "forbearing").
- He forbore from making a sharp reply.
- Forbearance (noun): The quality of being forbearing; patient self-control; restraint.
- She handled the negotiation with great forbearance.
Synonyms
- Patient: Able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
- Tolerant: Showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
- Long-suffering: Having or showing patience in spite of troubles, especially those caused by other people.
- Indulgent: Having or indicating a readiness or over-readiness to be generous to or lenient with someone.
Antonyms
- Impatient: Having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked.
- Intolerant: Not tolerant of views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.
- Resentful: Feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- With forbearance: Acting in a patient and restrained manner.
- He accepted the news with forbearance, despite its personal impact.
- Exercise forbearance: To consciously choose to be patient and restrained.
- The judge urged both parties to exercise forbearance during the sensitive proceedings.
Adjective
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showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment
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seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression
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was longanimous in the face of suffering
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