Synonyms of insupportable

insupportable

adjective

ˌin(t)-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl 

1

as in unbearable

more than can be put up with

the insupportable arrogance of that jerk is more than anyone should have to bear

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in unacceptable

too bad to be excused or justified

the organization's racist views have been denounced as morally insupportable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unacceptable
• unjustifiable
• indefensible
• unwarrantable
• unpardonable
• outrageous
• inexcusable
• unforgivable
• vicious
• unbearable
• intolerable
• inexpiable
• untenable
• evil
• unendurable
• cruel
• abominable
• insufferable
• scandalous
• monstrous
• heinous
• glaring
• egregious
• flagrant
• vile
• gross
• shocking
• atrocious
• wicked
• prohibited
• iniquitous
• condemned
• deplorable
• ignoble
• contemptible
• base
• despicable
• wretched
• reprehensible
• execrable
• forbidden
• rank
• blameworthy
• barred
• dirty
• outlawed
• censurable
• nasty
• reprobate
• blamable
• disallowed
• proscribed
• interdicted
• banned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• justifiable
• pardonable
• defensible
• acceptable
• excusable
• tolerable
• legal
• permissible
• permitted
• venial
• authorized
• forgivable
• moral
• endorsed
• approved
• sanctioned
• ethical
• supported
• virtuous
• promoted
• good
• tolerated
• allowed
• encouraged
• abetted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of insupportable

There are people of goodwill who think the way out of this insupportable situation lies in the fight for equal democratic rights in a single state for everyone living in the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. — Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024

There is no consensus on this in today’s housing discourse, and if anything, the discussion is leaning toward trying to make housing an entitlement, something completely insupportable and undesirable. — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 May 2023

The justification for this decision was increasingly insupportable as the 2010s progressed and private launch companies such as SpaceX proved far more efficient than the government. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2023

Some of those women will face insupportable life options and some will die because of Friday’s decision. — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022

For the English to transplant themselves around the world and rule over others was a natural right, but for a darker-skinned colonial to presume to do the reverse was insupportable. — Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021