forbearing

/fɔ:'beəriɳ/

Thân thiện

A teacher remains forbearing when a student accidentally spills paint.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment
   • seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression
   • was longanimous in the face of suffering

Từ đồng nghĩa

• longanimous