UNBEARABLE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

unbearable

adjective

ˌən-ˈber-ə-bəl

Definition of unbearable

as in intolerable

more than can be put up with this heat is unbearable—when are we going to get air-conditioning?

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Recent Examples of unbearable Through loss, displacement, uncertainty and the sometimes unbearable weight of impermanence, people have endured. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 Europe is the fastest-warming continent and extreme heat, the deadliest form of extreme weather, is already becoming unbearable. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 Faced with that unbearable truth, Evelyn and Caleb decide to take matters into their own hands. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026 The cases of Christa Pike and Nidal Hasan show how vanishingly fine the line is between a routine execution and an unbearable one. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unbearable

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Adjective

But the only picture mode that comes close to being that bright also has a notably green bias and ramps up the fan noise to a level that almost anyone will consider intolerable.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
After leaving an affordable apartment where a neighbor had made her life intolerable, Hobby and her four children bounced among hotels, relatives’ homes and, at times, their car.

— Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of intolerable

Adjective

There were tent camps on both sides of the border, caravans of people trudging through Central America and concerns about newcomers overwhelming social services.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
There are no flies in the ointment of the overwhelming touring success of Noah Kahan.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of overwhelming

Adjective

At the same time, Hamid employs a lightness of touch, and moments of humor, even when his characters are enduring the unendurable.

— Chloe Benjamain, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Things grew worse that Tuesday night, and unendurable weather drove us into the plane at daybreak on Wednesday.

— Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026

Definition of unendurable

Adjective

His teams are terrible just before halftime, having been outscored 107-6 in the coach's 24 games.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
If the purpose of buying a suit were merely obtaining clothing, three fittings would be terrible service.

— Anna van Praagh, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of terrible

Adjective

The virtue-signaling from the insufferable COVID summer of 2020 turned a lot of people off, rightfully so.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Chris Evans strikes a fine balance in this film between totally narcissistic and insufferable and also weirdly relatable.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of insufferable

Adjective

These efforts should be lauded because lawyering solely to please Trump without an iota of reasonableness according to prescribed rules of law to which all lawyers must adhered is simply unacceptable.

— Miles J. Zaremski, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
But critics, like the Civic Federation, are denouncing the budget plan, calling it an unacceptable abdication of responsibility to meet the fiscal realities facing the city.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

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