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INSUFFERABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Too extreme to bear
Example:
the insufferable heat of August in a New York apartment with no air conditioning
Synonyms:
insufferable; unsufferable
Classified under:
Similar:
intolerable; unbearable; unendurable (incapable of being tolerated or endured)
Derivation:
insufferably (to an insufferable degree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unbearably arrogant or conceited
Example:
insufferable insolence
Classified under:
Similar:
intolerable; unbearable; unendurable (incapable of being tolerated or endured)
Derivation:
insufferably (in an extremely arrogant or conceited manner)
Context examples:
And mine, said Mr. Knightley warmly, is, that if he turn out any thing like it, he will be the most insufferable fellow breathing!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of every body's feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange every body's destiny.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Absurd and insufferable!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Absolutely insufferable!
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
