Dictionary

unbearable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English unberable, equivalent to un- + bearable.

Meanings

1. So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.
   • The heat of the fire, the steam which arose from the dampening water, the hard slogging at the white-hot metal of the links, and the continual pulling of lengths of chain, were calculated to put a test on the strongest of men, and often on hot summer days they had to be sent home, for the work became unbearable. 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:

Forms

Deriveds

unbearably · unbearableness

Synonyms

insufferable · unsupportable · insupportable

Translations (46)

sl neznosen (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · eo neeltenebla (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · fi sietämätön (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · fr invivable (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · es infumable (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · ro insuportabil (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · nb ulevelig (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · tyz bấu fă̱n (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · hu elviselhetetlen (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · fi kestämätön (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · bg нетърпим (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · az dözülməz (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · ru невыноси́мый (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · nb uutholdelig (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · is óþolandi (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · ro nesuportabil (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · el αβίωτος (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · txb ekalätte (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · de unerträglich (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · hu kibírhatatlan (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · fa غِیرِ قابِل تَحَمُّل (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · nb ikke til å holde ut (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · grc ἄτλατος (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · es inaguantable (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · ca insuportable (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · ru нестерпи́мый (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · te భరించలేని (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · pt insuportável (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · ka აუტანელი (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · bg непоносим (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · grc ἀφόρητος (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · pl nieznośny (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · acw ما يِنْطاق (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · ang unāberendlīċ (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · cs nesnesitelný (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · da uudholdelig (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · sv outhärdlig (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · uk нестерпний (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · el ανυπόφορος (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · ca inaguantable (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · acw غَثِيث (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · fr insupportable (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · es insoportable (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · nl onuitstaanbaar (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · hy անտանելի (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable) · ca infumable (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)