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unbearable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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