unbearable
not bearable; unendurable; intolerable.
Origin of unbearable
1Other words from unbearable
- un·bear·a·ble·ness, noun
- un·bear·a·bly, adverb
Words Nearby unbearable
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How to use unbearable in a sentence
Unable to be yourself constantly trying to fit the Iowa Culture caused anxiety that could be unbearable at times with your dreams and career on the line.
Jaguars’ Urban Meyer hires strength coach accused of mistreating players while at Iowa | Matt Bonesteel | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostLately, it’s been hard to ignore the unbearable oldness of American politics.
It is where all the things that make the world unbearable are rendered into a space where we can at last, finally and for once, survive them.
They would be unbearable without technology such as air conditioning.
Deadly heat: Expected by century’s end, it’s here already | Jonathan Lambert | June 19, 2020 | Science News For StudentsSure enough, when the hour came, cheers and applause went up across Paris, breaking an almost unbearable silence that had fallen over Europe’s most densely-packed city.
'Nobody Wants to Be Alone.' Video Chat Is Having a Moment as Millions Are Isolated | Vivienne Walt / Paris | March 18, 2020 | Time
She had grown so perfect and gentle and consoling that it was unbearable, she was a big, round smooth balloon without a face.
Griffin wore a Captain America costume, complete with a mask, which he was nearly unbearable in the sweltering heat.
Crucifixes, Gorillas, and Adult Diapers: My March Against Gay Marriage | Olivia Nuzzi | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhy do we only talk about gun control after the most unbearable national tragedies?
A Former Navy Firearms Instructor and Proud Gun Owner On Why We Need Common Sense Gun Control | Shawn VanDiver | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Living in Vietnam became unbearable,” remembers another refugee.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus | Katie Baker | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis unbearable realization riddles us with a paralyzing existential anxiety that we need to do something with, and quickly.
On Transhumanism and Why Technology Is Our Silicon Nervous System | Jason Silva | April 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe were now within the tropics, but found the heat greatly moderated by the trade wind, and only unbearable in the cabin.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferAll at once it seemed to Um-ko an unbearable thing for any spark of life to be so prisoned.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaI have emerged from the strife victorious, in so far that life has ceased to be unbearable.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskySuddenly the whole palace shook terribly, the floor seemed to reel, an unbearable sound raged at my ears.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellMusic that is all rushing climaxes is unbearable; a picture must not be a glare of high lights.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
British Dictionary definitions for unbearable
/ (ʌnˈbɛərəbəl) /
not able to be borne or endured
Derived forms of unbearable
- unbearableness, noun
- unbearably, adverb
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