Unbearable

Synonyms for "unbearable" (70 found)

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Closest matches (14)

insufferable intolerable unsupportable a bit much absolute arrant classical complete consummate crass decided definitive deplorable distressing

Strong matches (21)

downright egregious excruciating flagrant glaring grievous gross heavy insupportable irresistible murderous oppressive out-and-out outright overpowering overwhelming past bearing perfect

Adjective(2 words)

hard insufferable

Adjective(1 words)

intolerable

Related words (35)

positive precious profound pronounced proper rank regular shattering shocking stark stark-staring stiff stifling superlative surpassing terrible the veriest thorough thoroughgoing too much

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total unabideable unacceptable unconscionable undeniable unendurable unequivocal unmitigated unqualified unrelieved unspoiled utter

Adjective(2 words)

unabideable unsupportable

Adjective(1 words)

unendurable

Related word relations

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5 relation types

Antonyms

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bearable

Synonyms

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insufferable intolerable unsupportable

derived from

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bearable

related to

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bear painful unendurable unpleasant

similar

7 entries

bitter impermissible impossible insufferable unacceptable unsufferable unsupportable

Translations

45 translations across 30 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀφόρητος adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
ἄτλατος adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Arabic

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غَثِيث adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
ما يِنْطاق adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Armenian

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անտանելի adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Azerbaijani

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dözülməz adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Bulgarian

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непоносим adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
нетърпим adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Catalan

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inaguantable adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
infumable adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
insuportable adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Czech

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nesnesitelný adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Danish

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uudholdelig adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Dutch

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onuitstaanbaar adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Esperanto

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neeltenebla adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Finnish

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kestämätön adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
sietämätön adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

French

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insupportable adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
invivable adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Georgian

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აუტანელი adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

German

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unerträglich adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Greek

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αβίωτος adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
ανυπόφορος adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Hungarian

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elviselhetetlen adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
kibírhatatlan adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Icelandic

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óþolandi adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Norwegian Bokmål

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ikke til å holde ut adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
ulevelig adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
uutholdelig adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Old English

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unāberendlīċ adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Persian

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غِیرِ قابِل تَحَمُّل adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Polish

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nieznośny adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Portuguese

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insuportável adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Romanian

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insuportabil adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
nesuportabil adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Russian

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невыноси́мый adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
нестерпи́мый adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Spanish

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inaguantable adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
infumable adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)
insoportable adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Swedish

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outhärdlig adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Telugu

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భరించలేని adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Tocharian B

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ekalätte adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Tày

1 entries

bấu fă̱n adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Ukrainian

1 entries

нестерпний adj (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Bearing can be unbearable.

Source: tatoeba (1478)

The pain was almost unbearable.

Source: tatoeba (50684)

Some children resort to suicide in order to escape from unbearable pressure.

Source: tatoeba (275286)

It's really unbearable to see him looking so down-and-out.

Source: tatoeba (318125)

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