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Definition of insufferable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

insufferable

adjective
 
/ɪnˈsʌfrəbl/
 
/ɪnˈsʌfrəbl/
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  1. extremely annoying, unpleasant and difficult to bear synonym unbearable
    • insufferable pride
    • He’s insufferable!
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps via French (now dialect) insouffrable, based on Latin sufferre ‘endure’ (from sub- ‘from below’ + ferre ‘to bear’).
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