Synonyms for insupportable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-suh-pawr-tuh-buh l, -pohr-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn səˈpɔr tə bəl, -ˈpoʊr-

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Définition of insupportable

Origin : 1520s, from French insupportable (14c.) or directly from Late Latin insupportabilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Latin supportare "to carry" (see support).

adj unbearable

Example sentences :

After my marriage, my old malady rose to an insupportable height.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The conversation was rapidly becoming insupportable to Artois.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

His soul was in a tumult, and he was driven on by fears that were all but insupportable.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

By now I might have found existence insupportable, and so—who knows?
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

To her the idea of associating with a wild, and unruly character like this was insupportable.
Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever

"You are insupportable, Peter Barrington," said she, rising in anger.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

She wished he could have come, for her loneliness began to be insupportable.
Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman

Whatever did not flatter my vanity, was to me insupportable.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

He said he had brought an insupportable shame upon the family.
Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe

She could not meet the insupportable expression of his greedy eyes.
Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham

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