Synonyms of insufferable

insufferable

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈsə-f(ə-)rə-bəl 

as in unbearable

more than can be put up with

an insufferable bore whose only topic of conversation is himself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unbearable
• intolerable
• unendurable
• intense
• extreme
• insupportable
• overwhelming
• unsupportable
• obnoxious
• terrible
• unacceptable
• harsh
• crushing
• painful
• horrible
• uncomfortable
• appalling
• acute
• disgusting
• vile
• dreadful
• torturous
• horrid
• excruciating
• loathsome
• sickening
• horrifying
• wretched
• repulsive
• nightmarish
• gruesome
• shocking
• odious
• horrendous
• repugnant
• revolting
• piercing
• nauseating
• offensive
• distasteful
• heinous
• unspeakable
• harrowing
• noxious
• comfortless
• hard
• tormenting
• grewsome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tolerable
• sustainable
• sufferable
• acceptable
• endurable
• supportable
• livable
• adequate
• satisfactory
• reasonable
• allowable
• admissible
• liveable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of insufferable

The Rock could show up any week now to inflict further punishment on Rhodes and make his life insufferable. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025

Not the most memorable, but Myers’s flail-laughing at his own insufferable jokes remains a pretty funny encapsulation of Musk’s self-satisfied riffing. —Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025

Turns out this gang of privileged, white Georgetown students is kind of insufferable! —Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025

There’s enough lawbreaking to keep Lou and Henry busy trying to work out who might have poisoned an insufferable tech bro or kidnapped a talentless aspiring actress. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025