unsufferable

Thân thiện

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

Definition

Adjective: * Unbearable, intolerable: Used to describe a person or their behavior that is so unpleasant, annoying, or extreme that it is difficult or impossible to endure. This is a less common variant of the standard word insufferable.

Usage and Examples

The word unsufferable describes a quality that makes someone or their actions extremely difficult to tolerate.

• Describing a person's character:

  • After his promotion, he became utterly unsufferable, boasting about it constantly.
  • Her unsufferable arrogance made it hard for anyone to work with her.

• Describing specific behavior or attitudes:

  • The critic's unsufferable condescension offended everyone at the lecture.
  • I find his know-it-all attitude completely unsufferable.

Advanced Usage

• The form unsufferable is a recognized but less frequent variant of insufferable. In modern usage, insufferable is the standard and more widely accepted spelling.
• It is often used for dramatic or emphatic effect to convey a strong sense of personal annoyance or frustration.

Variants and Related Words

• Insufferable (adj.): The standard and more common form of the word, with the same meaning.
  • The heat in the room was insufferable.
• Sufferable (adj.): (Rare) Able to be endured or tolerated.
• Unsuffering (adj.): (Very rare) Not suffering; not enduring.

Synonyms

• Unbearable: Too unpleasant or painful to bear.
• Intolerable: Unable to be endured.
• Insupportable: Unable to be supported or endured.
• Odious: Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

Antonyms

• Pleasant: Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
• Agreeable: Enjoyable and pleasant.
• Tolerable: Able to be endured.
• Endurable: Able to be tolerated or suffered.

Notes on Meaning

The core meaning of unsufferable is consistent: it signifies an extreme level of unpleasantness that challenges one's patience or capacity to endure. It is almost exclusively used in a subjective, critical sense about people and their traits (e.g., arrogance, rudeness, snobbery) rather than physical pain.

Học thuật

Adjective

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• impossible
• insufferable
• unacceptable