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insufferable

Pronunciation:  in'sufurubul

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 Definition: [adj]  used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"
 
 Synonyms: impossible, intolerable, unacceptable, unsufferable
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In*suf"fer*a*ble\, a.
1. Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured;
   insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable
   heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs. --Locke.

2. Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.

         A multitude of scribblers who daily pester the world
         with their insufferable stuff.        --Dryden.

 

 

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