adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
incapable of being put up with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an intolerable degree of sentimentality
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intolerable, unendurable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English unberable, equivalent to un- + bearable.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
ما يِنْطاق
(ma yinṭāg)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Arabic:
غَثِيث
(ḡaṯīṯ)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Armenian:
անտանելի
(antaneli)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Azerbaijani:
dözülməz
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Bulgarian:
нетърпим
(netǎrpim)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Bulgarian:
непоносим
(neponosim)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Catalan:
insuportable
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Catalan:
inaguantable
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Catalan:
infumable
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Czech:
nesnesitelný
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Danish:
uudholdelig
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Dutch:
onuitstaanbaar
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Esperanto:
neeltenebla
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Finnish:
kestämätön
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Finnish:
sietämätön
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
French:
invivable
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
French:
insupportable
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Georgian:
აუტანელი
(auṭaneli)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
German:
unerträglich
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Greek:
ανυπόφορος
(anypóforos)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Greek:
αβίωτος
(avíotos)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Ancient Greek:
ἀφόρητος
(aphórētos)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Ancient Greek:
ἄτλατος
(átlatos)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Hungarian:
elviselhetetlen
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Hungarian:
kibírhatatlan
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Icelandic:
óþolandi
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Norwegian Bokmål:
uutholdelig
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Norwegian Bokmål:
ulevelig
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Norwegian Bokmål:
ikke til å holde ut
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Old English:
unāberendlīċ
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Persian:
غِیرِ قابِل تَحَمُّل
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Polish:
nieznośny
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Portuguese:
insuportável
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Romanian:
nesuportabil
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Romanian:
insuportabil
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Russian:
невыноси́мый
(nevynosímyj)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Russian:
нестерпи́мый
(nesterpímyj)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Spanish:
insoportable
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Spanish:
infumable
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Spanish:
inaguantable
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Swedish:
outhärdlig
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Tày:
bấu fă̱n
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Telugu:
భరించలేని
(bhariñcalēni)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Tocharian B:
ekalätte
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable
Ukrainian:
нестерпний
(nesterpnyj)
— so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable