Endurable

//ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ.ɪ.bəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable.

    "A sharp keen wind blew dead against us; a hard frost prevailed on shore; and the cold was most severe. Yet the air was so intensely clear, and dry, and bright, that the temperature was not only endurable, but delicious."

  2. 2
    Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable.

    "[…] the agriculturist would outlive the struggle, and his property be as fixed and endurable as the oaks which were planted by his ancestors."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being borne though unpleasant wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
acceptablebearablelightsufferablesufferablesupportable

Example

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"I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more. Penniless, and at the end of my supply of the drug which alone makes life endurable, I can bear the torture no longer; and shall cast myself from this garret window into the squalid street below."

Etymology

From endure + -able.

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