"unbearable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unbearable [comparative], most unbearable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unberable, equivalent to un- + bearable. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unberable}} Middle English unberable, {{pre|en|un|bearable|id1=negative}} un- + bearable Head templates: {{en-adj}} unbearable (comparative more unbearable, superlative most unbearable)
  1. So unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable. Synonyms: insufferable, unsupportable Translations (so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable): ἀφόρητος (aphórētos) (Ancient Greek), ἄτλατος (átlatos) (Ancient Greek), ما يِنْطاق (ma yinṭāg) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), غَثِيث (ḡaṯīṯ) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), անտանելի (antaneli) (Armenian), dözülməz (Azerbaijani), нетърпим (netǎrpim) (Bulgarian), непоносим (neponosim) (Bulgarian), insuportable (Catalan), nesnesitelný [masculine] (Czech), uudholdelig (Danish), onuitstaanbaar (Dutch), neeltenebla (Esperanto), kestämätön (Finnish), sietämätön (Finnish), invivable (French), insupportable (French), აუტანელი (auṭaneli) (Georgian), unerträglich (German), ανυπόφορος (anypóforos) (Greek), elviselhetetlen (Hungarian), kibírhatatlan (Hungarian), óþolandi (Icelandic), uutholdelig (Norwegian Bokmål), ulevelig (Norwegian Bokmål), ikke til å holde ut (Norwegian Bokmål), unāberendlīċ (Old English), غِیرِ قابِل تَحَمُّل (Persian), nieznośny (Polish), insuportável (Portuguese), nesuportabil (Romanian), insuportabil (Romanian), невыноси́мый (nevynosímyj) (Russian), нестерпи́мый (nesterpímyj) (Russian), insoportable (Spanish), infumable [colloquial] (Spanish), outhärdlig (Swedish), భరించలేని (bhariñcalēni) (Telugu), ekalätte (Tocharian B), нестерпний (nesterpnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-unbearable-en-adj-bWDZa2QG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (negative)

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      "sense": "so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable",
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bhariñcalēni",
      "sense": "so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable",
      "word": "భరించలేని"
    },
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      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable",
      "word": "ekalätte"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nesterpnyj",
      "sense": "so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable",
      "word": "нестерпний"
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}

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