They knew that doing their work cheerfully is the only way to make routine work bearable.
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Bearable
//ˈbɛəɹəbəɫ//
Synonyms for "bearable" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- φορητός adj (able to be borne)
- ἀνεκτός adj (able to be borne)
Bulgarian
3 entries- поноси́м adj (able to be borne)
- сно́сен adj (able to be borne)
- търпи́м adj (able to be borne)
Catalan
1 entries- suportable adj (able to be borne)
Czech
1 entries- snesitelný adj (able to be borne)
Dutch
1 entries- draaglijk adj (able to be borne)
Finnish
1 entries- siedettävä adj (able to be borne)
French
2 entries- supportable adj (able to be borne)
- vivable adj (able to be borne)
German
1 entries- erträglich adj (able to be borne)
Greek
1 entries- ανεκτός adj (able to be borne)
Hungarian
2 entries- elviselhető adj (able to be borne)
- kibírható adj (able to be borne)
Irish
1 entries- sofhulaingthe adj (able to be borne)
Italian
1 entries- sopportabile adj (able to be borne)
Latin
1 entries- tolerabilis adj (able to be borne)
Old English
1 entries- āberendlīċ adj (able to be borne)
Polish
2 entries- do wytrzymania adj (able to be borne)
- znośny adj (able to be borne)
Portuguese
1 entries- suportável adj (able to be borne)
Russian
3 entries- выноси́мый adj (able to be borne)
- сно́сный adj (able to be borne)
- терпи́мый adj (able to be borne)
Spanish
3 entries- llevadero adj (able to be borne)
- soportable adj (able to be borne)
- tolerable adj (able to be borne)
Walloon
2 entries- eduråve adj (able to be borne)
- sopoirtåve adj (able to be borne)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Sisters and chocolate make life bearable.
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Chocolate makes Monday a little bit bearable.
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You have to get used to two things to make life bearable: bad weather and the injustice of people.
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