insufferable

C2+ Topic:Describing People

US /ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl/ UK /ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
too unpleasant or arrogant to be endured

His insufferable smugness made the dinner unbearable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · too unpleasant or arrogant... intolerable unbearable unendurable insupportable obnoxious detestable

Opposites

tolerable bearable pleasant agreeable

Word family

Forms insufferably

Derived forms insufferably

Related forms suffer suffering sufferable

Etymology

From in- ('not') + sufferable, from suffer, from Old French sofrir, from Vulgar Latin sufferire, from Latin sufferre ('to bear, undergo'), from sub- ('under') + ferre ('to carry, bear').

in- Latin sub- Latin ferre Middle English

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Describing People Word Formation & Derivatives

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# insufferable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈsʌfərəbəl/

## Meanings
1. too unpleasant or arrogant to be endured

## Examples
- His insufferable smugness made the dinner unbearable.

## Synonyms
- intolerable
- unbearable
- unendurable
- insupportable
- obnoxious
- detestable

## Antonyms
- tolerable
- bearable
- pleasant
- agreeable

## Derived Forms
- insufferably

## Related Forms
- suffer
- suffering
- sufferable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: in-
- Root: sub-
- Root: ferre

## Etymology
From in- ('not') + sufferable, from suffer, from Old French sofrir, from Vulgar Latin sufferire, from Latin sufferre ('to bear, undergo'), from sub- ('under') + ferre ('to carry, bear').

## AI Etymology
Insufferable comes from in- ('not') + sufferable, from suffer, from Old French sofrir, from Vulgar Latin sufferire, from Latin sufferre ('to bear, undergo'), from sub- ('under') + ferre ('to carry, bear'). The etymological trail includes Latin in-, Latin sub-, and Latin ferre. As an adjective, insufferable means too unpleasant or arrogant to be endured. The same family is visible in derived forms such as insufferably and related forms such as suffer, suffering, and sufferable. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing People
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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