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
- 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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