unbearable
adjectivecommon in dialogue
So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.
adjective
- 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.
Etymology
From Middle English unberable, equivalent to un- + bearable.
Forms
- comparative
- more unbearable
- superlative
- most unbearable
unavailable · Not available.unavoidable · Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.unaware · Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge; unmindful.
unbearable · So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.
unbelievable · Not to be believed.unbelievably · In a manner that one does not or cannot believe.unborn · Not yet born; yet to come; future.