Endurable
/ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ.ɪ.bəl/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 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 capable of being borne though unpleasant wordnet
Example
More examples"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.