insupportable

  • 11INSUPPORTABLE — adj. des deux genres Qui ne peut être supporté, souffert ; ou Qui est extrêmement fâcheux, désagréable. Il se dit Des personnes et des choses. Il sent des douleurs insupportables. Quel joug insupportable ! Cet homme est insupportable. Il est… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 12INSUPPORTABLE — adj. des deux genres Qui ne peut être supporté, souffert. Il sent des douleurs insupportables. Quel joug insupportable! Il signifie, par extension, Qui est extrêmement désagréable. Cet homme est insupportable. Il est devenu insupportable à tout… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 13Insupportable — Douleur La douleur est la sensation ressentie par un organisme dont le système nerveux détecte un stimulus nociceptif. Habituellement, elle correspond à un signal d alarme de l organisme pour signifier une remise en cause de son intégrité… …

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  • 14insupportable — [[t]ɪ̱nsəpɔ͟ː(r)təb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ If you say that something is insupportable, you mean that it cannot be coped with or accepted. [FORMAL] Too much spending on rearmament would place an insupportable burden on the nation s productive capacity...… …

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  • 15insupportable — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin insupportabilis, from Latin in + supportare to support Date: circa 1530 not supportable: a. more than can be endured < insupportable pain > b. impossible to justify&#8230; …

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  • 16insupportable — insupportableness, insupportability, n. insupportably, adv. /in seuh pawr teuh beuhl, pohr /, adj. 1. not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain. 2. incapable of support or justification, as by evidence or collected facts: an&#8230; …

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  • 17insupportable — in|sup|port|a|ble [ˌınsəˈpo:təbəl US ˈpo:r ] adj formal extremely bad or annoying = ↑unbearable ▪ insupportable pain ▪ Her behaviour was insupportable …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18insupportable — adjective formal too unpleasant for you to bear: insupportable behaviour | insupportable pain …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19insupportable — adjective 1) his arrogance was insupportable Syn: intolerable, insufferable, unbearable, unendurable; oppressive, overwhelming, overpowering; informal too much Ant: bearable 2) this view is insupportable Syn …

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  • 20insupportable — adjective Not supportable; incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable. See Also: insupportableness, insupportably …

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