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Insufferable vs Intolerable - What's the difference?

insufferable | intolerable | Synonyms |

Intolerable is a synonym of insufferable.



As adjectives the difference between insufferable and intolerable

is that insufferable is not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure while intolerable is not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable.

insufferable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , kept up by the pain I had endur'd in the course of the engagement, from the insufferable size of his weapon, tho' it was not as yet in above half its length.}}
  • * , Lady Susan , ch. 22:
    • This is insufferable ! My dearest friend, I was never so enraged before,and must relieve myself by writing to you. . . . Guess my astonishment, and vexation.
  • * 1894 , , The Coxon Fund , ch. 4:
    • Saltram was incapable of keeping the engagements which, after their separation, he had entered into with regard to his wife, a deeply wronged, justly resentful, quite irreproachable and insufferable person.
  • * 1913 , , The Custom of the Country , ch. 13:
    • Marvell . . . thought Peter a bore in society and an insufferable nuisance on closer terms.
  • * 2011 June 7, " Chaos in Syria," Time :
    • The oppressive heat has become insufferable in Syria — and as the temperature climbs, emotions get harder to contain.

    Synonyms

    * intolerable, unbearable

    Related terms

    * insufferableness * insufferably

    References

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    intolerable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable.
  • Extremely offensive or insulting.
  • * 1971 , William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead , page 4
    • It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "intolerable" is often applied: cruelty, burden, situation, condition, pain, heat, position, life, state, suffering, evil, risk, insult, hardship, agony, behavior, affront, insolence, stress, consequence, people.

    Derived terms

    * intolerability * intolerableness * intolerably

    References

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