Unendurable
[ʌnɪn'djʊərəb(ə)l] or [,ʌnɪn'dʊrəbl]
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Insufferable, intolerable, insupportable.
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Definition
adj. intolerable.—adv. Unendūr′ably.
Checker: Yale
Examples
- My existence will be simply unendurable to me, unless I do something towards clearing my character at once. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- While there was hope, the agony had been unendurable;--all was now concluded; her feelings became solemn and calm. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was unendurable that Ursula's voice was so powerful and naked. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The most unendurable reproach that a woman can address to a man, was the reproach that she picked out to address to Me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But the shame of it would be unendurable to _me_. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There lay the cat asleep on the bare gravel of the path, as if beds, rugs, and carpets were unendurable. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The sight was more unendurable than encountering the enemy's fire, and I returned to my tree in the rain. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The apology was more unendurable than the insult. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My charitable business is an unendurable nuisance to me; and when I see a Ladies' Committee now, I wish myself at the uttermost ends of the earth! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- With us remained sorrow, anxiety, and unendurable expectation of evil. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I know nothing, in a case of this kind, so unendurable as suspense. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: Yale