insufferable

[US]/ɪn'sʌf(ə)rəb(ə)l/
[UK]/ɪn'sʌfrəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unbearable

Example Sentences

the heat would be insufferable by July.

His insufferable insolence cost him many friends.

Do we really have to invite all my insufferable relatives to the wedding?

Real-world Examples

Vince got a great review. He'll be insufferable.

Source: Selected Electronic Love Letters

“Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all.”

Source: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

His family and friends find him completely insufferable and all desert him.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

" The beer was terrible, the DJ was really bad, and the guests were insufferable."

Source: The wisdom of Laozi's life.

Assistance is impossible; condolence, insufferable. Let them triumph over us at a distance, and be satisfied.

Source: Pride and Prejudice (Original Version)

Ah, there is something more insufferable than a commercial.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

I have been interrupted by an insufferable visit.

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther

Has anyone told you how insufferable you are?

Source: All creatures great and small

He was thinking of the hardships, the insufferable tribulations he had gone through.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

If she ever tries to tell me how insufferable I am.

Source: Gossip Girl Season 3

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