sufferable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈsʌfərəbəl/ UK /ˈsʌfərəbl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
able to be endured or tolerated; bearable

The heat was barely sufferable without shade.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · able to be endured or... bearable tolerable endurable supportable

Opposites

insufferable unbearable intolerable unendurable

Word family

Derived forms sufferablysufferableness

Related forms suffer suffering sufferance

Etymology

From suffer + -able. Suffer is from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre ('to bear, undergo'), from sub- ('up, under') + ferre ('to bear, carry').

sub Latin ferre Middle English *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# sufferable

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

## Meanings
1. able to be endured or tolerated; bearable

## Examples
- The heat was barely sufferable without shade.

## Synonyms
- bearable
- tolerable
- endurable
- supportable

## Antonyms
- insufferable
- unbearable
- intolerable
- unendurable

## Derived Forms
- sufferably
- sufferableness

## Related Forms
- suffer
- suffering
- sufferance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sub
- Root: ferre
- Root: *bʰer-

## Etymology
From suffer + -able. Suffer is from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre ('to bear, undergo'), from sub- ('up, under') + ferre ('to bear, carry').

## AI Etymology
Sufferable is from suffer + -able. Suffer is from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Vulgar Latin *sufferīre, from Latin sufferre ('to bear, undergo'), from sub- ('up, under') + ferre ('to bear, carry'). Important recorded forms include sub (Latin), ferre (Latin), and *bʰer- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers able to be endured or tolerated; bearable. The wider family includes derived forms such as sufferably and sufferableness and related words such as suffer, suffering, and sufferance.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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