sufferable
/'sʌfərəbl/
Definition
Adjective: 1. Capable of being endured or tolerated; bearable: Describes something unpleasant, painful, or difficult that can be withstood or accepted, even if it is not pleasant.
Usage
The adjective "sufferable" is used to describe a negative or difficult condition, situation, or experience that is not so severe as to be completely unbearable. It often implies a degree of tolerance or acceptance of discomfort. It is a formal word and is less common in everyday speech than its synonym "bearable."
Examples
- The heat was intense but just sufferable with a fan.
- After the medication took effect, the pain became sufferable.
- The noise from the construction site was barely sufferable.
- He found the long meetings tedious but sufferable.
Advanced Usage
- "Sufferable" can be used in a comparative or superlative form to indicate degrees of tolerability.
- The new policy made the working conditions more sufferable.
- Of all the hardships, the cold was the least sufferable.
Variants and Related Words
- Suffer (verb): To experience or be subjected to something unpleasant.
- Sufferance (noun): Toleration or passive permission, often implied rather than given willingly (e.g., ).
Synonyms
- Bearable
- Tolerable
- Endurable
- Supportable
Antonyms
- Insufferable
- Unbearable
- Intolerable
- Unendurable
Adjective
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capable of being borne though unpleasant
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sufferable punishment
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