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insufferable

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Insufferable is an American comic book series written by Mark Waid and digitally published by Waid's Thrillbent label. The series, described by Waid as a "dramedy", follows an estranged superhero team; the dedicated hero Nocturnus, and his arrogant, egotistical ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Churchill complained of his insufferable rudeness.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insufferable \In*suf"fer*a*ble\, a. Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; as, insufferable heat, cold, or pain; insufferable wrongs. --Locke. Offensive beyond endurance; detestable. A multitude of scribblers ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence" [syn: impossible , unacceptable , unsufferable ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + sufferable (see suffer ). Related: Insufferably .

Usage examples of insufferable.

At the same time, the King got rid of that little she-dwarf, named Mexica, in whose insufferable talk and insufferable presence the Queen took delight.

Red Committee, together with Karl Yundt and Michaelis for the work of literary propaganda - turned upon the obscure familiar of at least two Embassies that glance of insufferable, hopelessly dense sufficiency which nothing but the frequentation of science can give to the dulness of common mortals.

If you were acquainted with the unhappy fair, who hath fallen a victim to my mistake, you will have some idea of the insufferable pangs which I now feel in recollecting her fate.

Among the many criticisms that could be made of this judgement - along with its insufferable arrogance and its neglect of a host of examples of highly successful science popularizations - is that it is self-confirming.

At day-break Lawrence came and brought some insufferable wine, and some water I should not have cared to drink.

The driver tossed his gathered reins out on the ground, gaped and stretched complacently, drew off his heavy buckskin gloves with great deliberation and insufferable dignity--taking not the slightest notice of a dozen solicitous inquires after his health, and humbly facetious and flattering accostings, and obsequious tenders of service, from five or six hairy and half-civilized station-keepers and hostlers who were nimbly unhitching our steeds and bringing the fresh team out of the stables--for in the eyes of the stage-driver of that day, station-keepers and hostlers were a sort of good enough low creatures, useful in their place, and helping to make up a world, but not the kind of beings which a person of distinction could afford to concern himself with.

I found that a sweet and pleasant wind came through the window when it was opened, and tempered the insufferable heat.

This made him insufferable in society, but he was an amusing companion for anyone who knew the sublime poet, and could appreciate his numerous and rare beauties.

CHAPTER 91 The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud "In vain it was to rake for Ambergriese in the paunch of this Leviathan, insufferable fetor denying not inquiry.

It pains me to hear that your leader, that insufferable bore, Blutter, was not murdered outright and in his own cold blood.

And you go humbly after him To a mean suburban lodging: on the way To what or where Not Death, who is old and very wise, can say: And you--how should you care So long as, unreclaimed of hell, The Wind-Fiend, the insufferable, Thus vicious and thus patient, sits him down To the black job of burking London Town?

Fielding's dulness that is so unpardonable, but his horrible cocksureness and insufferable assurance.

Whithersoever she goeth, she draggeth a woolly and insufferable dog by a string and taketh it in her lap and comforteth it when she sits, and in chill weather covereth its body with a red embroidered cloth lest it be taken of a cold or a fever and the world mourn.

Dewayne had seen one inside a store window in Blytheville, and he’d strutted around school for an insufferable period of time.

Dewayne had seen one inside a store window in Blytheville, and he'd strutted around school for an insufferable period of time.