unbearable
/ʌnˈbɛːrəb(ə)l
/adjective
Not able to be endured or tolerated: the heat was getting unbearable...
- She never thought she would be able to come to terms with the unbearable grief.
- It was an unbearable scene to see truckloads of human bodies being carried out.
- Today's lifestyle police would have us believe that it is unbearable because of these two diversions.
Synonyms
intolerable, insufferable, unsupportable, insupportable, unendurable, beyond endurance, unacceptable, unmanageable, impossible, more than flesh and blood can stand, too much to bear, past bearing, not to be borne, overpowering
informal too much, enough to try the patience of Job, enough to try the patience of a saint
Derivatives
unbearableness
- A lone violin could be heard, reaching the point of emotional unbearableness with mournful vibratoes and sorrowful strokes.
- The general unbearableness of one-leggedness combined with sock uncertainty soon warped Wilf's feeble mind.
- And then what justifies death is the unbearableness of the pain rather than the painfulness.