insufferable

/in'sʌfərəbl/

Thân thiện

The new neighbor's insufferable arrogance made everyone avoid him.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Unbearable or intolerable: Used to describe a person, their behavior, or a situation that is so unpleasant, annoying, or extreme that it is very difficult or impossible to endure.
   • Excessively arrogant or conceited: Describes a person who displays an attitude of superiority or self-importance to an intolerable degree.

Examples of Usage

• Describing behavior or conditions:
• Describing a person's attitude:

Advanced Usage

• "to find something/someone insufferable": To consider a thing or person intolerable.
• "insufferable bore": A person who is extremely tedious or dull.

Variants and Related Words

• Insufferably (adverb): In an unbearable or intolerable manner.
• Sufferable (adjective, less common): Able to be endured or tolerated. (This is the direct opposite, though rarely used.)

Synonyms

• Unbearable
• Intolerable
• Unendurable
• Odious (when referring to a person's character)
• Overbearing (when referring to arrogance)

Antonyms

• Pleasant
• Agreeable
• Tolerable
• Endurable

Idioms and Common Phrases

• "An insufferable prig": A person who is smugly self-righteous and intolerable.
• "Insufferable nonsense": Utterly ridiculous or unacceptable talk or ideas.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. used of persons or their behavior
   • impossible behavior
   • insufferable insolence

Từ đồng nghĩa

• impossible
• unacceptable
• unsufferable