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UK
/bˈeəɹəbəl/
]
[ US /ˈbɛɹəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɛɹəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
capable of being borne though unpleasant
sufferable punishment
How To Use bearable In A Sentence
- The pain is as unbearable as it was a year ago. Times, Sunday Times
- Then you start to tuck into your breakfast but have to give in after two or three mouthfuls because the pain of chewing and then swallowing the food becomes unbearable.
- He falls into a stupor, into utter oblivion of the world about him, becomes in turn excited and confused, his senses begin to functionate in a fallacious manner, and he thus succeeds in shutting out from consciousness, for the time being at least, the entire unbearable situation. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
- In the pictures his pride and pleasure are almost unbearable to look at.
- Puddings are a small pleasure in a sea of grey days, one of those things that make it bearable. The Sun
- During the first twenty minutes or so, I wasn't sure I would make it through the entire movie -- it was, I thought, similar in style to a kind of movie I find unbearable: a style based on long handheld shots, a soundtrack that contains little or no music and lots of environmental sounds characters breathing, eating, walking, and a general attitude that seems to fetishize "artlessness", though offers little to replace the art it so disdains. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
- The uncertainty is unbearable!
- For large numbers of farmers in Aunli, even the present costs are not bearable.
- Research has produced helpful medication and nursing techniques to make life more bearable for all concerned. The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food
- It was impossible to hear anything over the deafening crashing of the desks or the unbearable exploding of the hallways.