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in·suf·fer·a·ble

 (ĭn-sŭf′ər-ə-bəl, -sŭf′rə-)
adj.
Difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable.

in·suf′fer·a·bly adv.
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insufferable

(ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl)
adj
intolerable; unendurable
inˈsufferableness n
inˈsufferably adv
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in•suf•fer•a•ble

(ɪnˈsʌf ər ə bəl)

adj.
not to be endured; intolerable.
[1525–35]
in•suf′fer•a•ble•ness, n.
in•suf′fer•a•bly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.insufferable - used of persons or their behaviorinsufferable - used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"
intolerable, unbearable, unendurable - incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"
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insufferable

adjective unbearable, impossible, intolerable, dreadful, outrageous, unspeakable, detestable, insupportable, unendurable, past bearing, more than flesh and blood can stand, enough to test the patience of a saint, enough to try the patience of Job We all agreed he was the most insufferable bore.
appealing, attractive, charming, pleasant, disarming, bearable
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insufferable

adjective
So unpleasant or painful as not to be endured or tolerated:
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Translations

insufferable

[ɪnˈsʌfərəbl] ADJ [impertinence, arrogance, smugness] → insufrible, insoportable; [heat] → insoportable, inaguantable
he's insufferable!¡es insufrible!, ¡no hay quien lo aguante!
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insufferable

[ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl] adjinsupportable
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insufferable

adj, insufferably
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insufferable

[ɪnˈsʌfrəbl] adjintollerabile
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References in classic literature ?
Insufferable sting, that sanity should ground arms on such a field!
But yet mathematical certainty is after all, something insufferable. Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence.
This is insufferable! My dearest friend, I was never so enraged before, and must relieve myself by writing to you, who I know will enter into all my feelings.
Now, since her return from Moscow, she had come to feel this set insufferable. It seemed to her that both she and all of them were insincere, and she fell so bored and ill at ease in that world that she went to see the Countess Lidia Ivanovna as little as possible.
"Well, by his insufferable rudeness and impossible behavior.
"On the drunken occasion in question (one of a large number, as you know), I was insufferable about liking you, and not liking you.
If you had dismissed me when your insolent fellow seized on me it the street, and brought me to you, and when you yourself acknowledged I was not the person, I would have put it by, and not taken it ill, because of the many ill things I believe you have put upon you daily; but your treatment of me since has been insufferable, and especially that of your servant; I must and will have reparation for that.'
In vain it was to rake for Ambergriese in the paunch of this Leviathan, insufferable fetor denying not inquiry.
can it be possible for this man to be beginning to transfer his affections from Harriet to me?Absurd and insufferable!" Yet he would be so anxious for her being perfectly warm, would be so interested about her father, and so delighted with Mrs.
I am one of those unfortunate persons to whom the sight of these animals are, at any time an insufferable annoyance.
"How far you may be right in what you have said I do not know," remarked the General moodily; "but I DO know that you are becoming an insufferable farceur whenever you are given the least chance."
And so, instead of crying because she was the merest nobody, she must, forsooth, sail jauntily down Pall Mall, very trim as to her tackle and ticketed with the insufferable air of an engaged woman.