unbearable
/ʌn'beərəbl/
Definition
Adjective: - Too unpleasant, painful, or annoying to endure; intolerable: Describes something so extreme or severe that one cannot tolerate or withstand it.
Usage
- Used to describe situations, feelings, sensations, or behaviors that are excessively difficult or unpleasant to experience.
- Often follows linking verbs like , , , or .
- Can be modified by adverbs like , , or .
Examples
- The heat in the desert was unbearable.
- She found the constant noise from the construction site unbearable.
- His arrogance became unbearable after his promotion.
- The pain in her leg was unbearable, so she went to the hospital.
Advanced Usage
- "to find something unbearable": To experience something as intolerable.
- I find his negativity unbearable.
- "to make life unbearable for someone": To behave in a way that causes someone extreme distress.
- The bullies made his school life unbearable.
Variants and Related Words
- Unbearably (adverb): In an intolerable manner.
- The wait was unbearably long.
- Bearable (adjective): Able to be endured.
- The pain was severe but bearable.
Synonyms
- Intolerable: Too bad or harsh to be accepted or endured.
- Insufferable: Too extreme to bear; intolerable (often used for people's behavior).
- Unendurable: Impossible to endure.
Antonyms
- Bearable: Able to be endured.
- Tolerable: Able to be tolerated; acceptable.
Idioms and Phrases
- The heat was unbearable: A common phrase used literally for weather or figuratively for intense pressure.
- The pressure to succeed was unbearable.
- Unbearable lightness: A literary allusion (from the novel ) referring to a paradoxical, distressing feeling of freedom or insignificance.
- He pondered the unbearable lightness of his existence.
Adjective
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incapable of being put up with
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an intolerable degree of sentimentality
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