unbearable

un·bear·a·ble

(ŭn-bâr′ə-bəl)

adj.

So unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable: unbearable heat.

un·bear′a·ble·ness n.

un·bear′a·bly adv.

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unbearable

(ʌnˈbɛərəbəl)

adj

not able to be borne or endured

unˈbearableness n

unˈbearably adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

un•bear•a•ble

(ʌnˈbɛər ə bəl)

adj.

unendurable; intolerable.

[1400–50]

un•bear′a•ble•ness, n.

un•bear′a•bly, adv.

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Adj.

unbearable - incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"

intolerable, unendurable

impermissible - not permitted; "impermissible behavior"

unbearable

adjective intolerable, insufferable, unendurable, too much (informal), unacceptable, oppressive, insupportable I was in terrible, unbearable pain.
tolerable, bearable, endurable, acceptable, supportable

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

unbearable

adjective

So unpleasant or painful as not to be endured or tolerated:

impossible, insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unendurable, unsufferable, unsupportable.

Translations

لا يُحْتَمَللا يُحْتَمَل، مؤْلِم جِدا

nesnesitelný

ubærliguudholdelig

unerträglich

αφόρητος αβάσταχτος

insoportable

sietämätönkestämätön

insupportable invivable

nepodnošljiv

kibírhatatlan

óbærilegur

insopportabile insopportabilmente

耐えられない

참을 수 없는

neciešamsneizturams

ondraaglijk

ikke til å holde ut uutholdelig

nieznośny

insuportável

невыносимый нестерпимый

neznosen

olidlig

ซึ่งไม่สามารถทนได้

dayanılmaz

không thể chịu đựng được

忍受不了的无法忍受的

unbearable

[ʌnˈbɛərəbl] ADJ → inaguantable, insoportable

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unbearable

[ˌʌnˈbɛərəb^əl] adj → insupportable
Life without her would be unbearable → La vie sans elle serait insupportable.
to become unbearable [heat, pain, life, situation, person] → devenir insupportable

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unbearable

adj → unerträglich; to make life unbearable for somebody → jdm das Leben unerträglich machen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unbearable

[ʌnˈbɛərəbl] adj → insopportabile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unbearable

(anˈbeərəbl) adjective

too painful, unpleasant etc to bear or to tolerate. I am suffering from unbearable toothache.

unˈbearably adverb

unbearably painful; unbearably rude.

unbearable

→ لا يُحْتَمَل nesnesitelný ubærlig unerträglich αφόρητος insoportable sietämätön insupportable nepodnošljiv insopportabile 耐えられない 참을 수 없는 ondraaglijk uutholdelig nieznośny insuportável невыносимый olidlig ซึ่งไม่สามารถทนได้ dayanılmaz không thể chịu đựng được 无法忍受的

unbearable

a. insoportable, intolerable, insufrible, imposible de soportar.

unbearable

adj insoportable, intolerable

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