as in unbearable
more than can be put up with
an insufferable bore whose only topic of conversation is himself
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Recent Examples of insufferable
That leaves just Miranda and Brady at the apartment when his baby-mama-to-be Mia arrives with her two insufferable Gen Z friends, Silvio and Epcot.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Jessica’s ex-boyfriend, played by an impeccably scruffy and insufferable Michael Zegen, is a self-important Brooklyn music writer named Zev who has abandoned her for an influencer played by Emily Ratajkowski, also impeccable at being insufferable but in a more serene way.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 July 2025
Saira’s overly apologetic personality renders her insufferable for most around her, but not Willow (Gemma Chua-Tran), a musically inclined, goth, non-binary person.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 8 July 2025
Perhaps for that reason, its flashes of didacticism—as when Sonya, who sometimes comes across more like a genie than a social worker, educates Nikki on racial disparities in pain management, and when a hospice nurse runs through the stages of dying at length, with insufferable cheer—rankle sharply.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
Jessica’s ex-boyfriend, played by an impeccably scruffy and insufferable Michael Zegen, is a self-important Brooklyn music writer named Zev who has abandoned her for an influencer played by Emily Ratajkowski, also impeccable at being insufferable but in a more serene way.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 July 2025
Saira’s overly apologetic personality renders her insufferable for most around her, but not Willow (Gemma Chua-Tran), a musically inclined, goth, non-binary person.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 8 July 2025
Perhaps for that reason, its flashes of didacticism—as when Sonya, who sometimes comes across more like a genie than a social worker, educates Nikki on racial disparities in pain management, and when a hospice nurse runs through the stages of dying at length, with insufferable cheer—rankle sharply.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insufferable
unbearable
Adjective
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Spending will continue to increase and the debt burden—already unbearable—will grow heavier and more costly.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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Spending will continue to increase and the debt burden — already unbearable — will grow heavier and more costly.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Insufferable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insufferable. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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