Antonyms for forbearing

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fawr-bair

Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈbɛər

Definition of forbearing

Origin : "to abstain," Old English forberan "bear up against, control one's feelings, endure," from for- + beran "to bear" (see bear (v.)). Related: Forbearer; forbearing; forbore.

adj tolerant

Example sentences :

Is she not for ever obliged (as she was pleased to hint to me) to be of the forbearing side?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

We are grateful to you, Ted and I, for having been so forbearing in the past.
Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts

He was forgiving and forbearing and kinder than I had any right to expect.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Could we not pay our friend the compliment of truth, of silence, of forbearing?
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are insults which even my forbearing spirit will not meekly endure.
Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg

The painters were calm and forbearing, and scrupulously courteous to each other.
Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook

In the mean time, the Romans, he added, had been moderate and forbearing.
Extract from : « Hannibal » by Jacob Abbott

The father was prudent, cautious, wise, and often generous and forbearing.
Extract from : « Darius the Great » by Jacob Abbott

Only let me say one thing, Theodora—be forbearing, or you will be fostering the enemy.'
Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge

I wasn't half so patient 'n' forbearing as I ought to have been.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 » by Various

Synonyms for forbearing

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