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insufferable adjective [ ɪnˈsʌf(ə)rəb(ə)l ]

• too extreme to bear; intolerable.
• "the heat would be insufferable by July"
Similar: intolerable, unbearable, unendurable, insupportable, unacceptable, oppressive, overwhelming, overpowering, impossible, not to be borne, past bearing, too much to bear, more than one can stand, unspeakable, dreadful, excruciating, grim, outrageous, too much,
Opposite: bearable, congenial,
Origin: late Middle English: perhaps via French (now dialect) insouffrable, based on Latin sufferre ‘endure’ (see suffer).


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