sufferable

/'sʌfərəbl/

Thân thiện

The punishment was harsh but sufferable.

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

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being borne though unpleasant
   • sufferable punishment

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bearable
• endurable
• supportable