Synonyms of unbearable

unbearable

adjective

ˌən-ˈber-ə-bəl 

as in intolerable

more than can be put up with

this heat is unbearable—when are we going to get air-conditioning?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unbearable

From Fall 2019, Vaccarello’s collections began not only to recall Saint Laurent’s gestures, but to expand upon and modernize them — testing the extremes of the founder’s silhouettes and codes to generate almost unbearable visual tension. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

Now, the defining image of the death penalty in 2026 is a woman strapped to a gurney, in unbearable agony, being tortured by prison officials tasked with killing her but unable to do so. — Maya Foa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

For Eleazar Guevara, owner of La Sabrosita Parrilla & Grill, the financial pressure is becoming unbearable. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

There is always some lightness, if only to counter the occasionally unbearable weight. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026