Insufferably
adverb
In a way that is too irritating or annoying.
He was insufferably arrogant.
Often appears as...
- insufferably arrogant
- insufferably smug
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Disapproving
adverb
In a way that is too irritating or annoying.
He was insufferably arrogant.
Often appears as...
- insufferably arrogant
- insufferably smug
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Intensity
Emphasizes an extreme level of a negative trait, often used to criticize.
His laziness was insufferably disrupting the team's progress.
Pro Tip 2/3Hyperbolic Tone
Usually an exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally, to express strong feelings.
The heat today is insufferably high, I can't even think straight.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Experience
Expresses a personal reaction to something others might not find as extreme.
She found the perfume insufferably strong, while others barely noticed it.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Intensity
Emphasizes an extreme level of a negative trait, often used to criticize.
His laziness was insufferably disrupting the team's progress.
Pro Tip 2/3Hyperbolic Tone
Usually an exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally, to express strong feelings.
The heat today is insufferably high, I can't even think straight.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Experience
Expresses a personal reaction to something others might not find as extreme.
She found the perfume insufferably strong, while others barely noticed it.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Intensity
Emphasizes an extreme level of a negative trait, often used to criticize.
His laziness was insufferably disrupting the team's progress.
Pro Tip 2/3Hyperbolic Tone
Usually an exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally, to express strong feelings.
The heat today is insufferably high, I can't even think straight.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Experience
Expresses a personal reaction to something others might not find as extreme.
She found the perfume insufferably strong, while others barely noticed it.
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Why it's so hard to talk...
or people who become outraged, you know, just because the word is said, of being overprincipled, politically correct or, as I just read a couple of weeks ago in The New York Times, "insufferably woke." Right?
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The power of a great...
Pip insufferably burns his hands, Mrs. Joe brings Pip up by hand." Are there patterns in your answers?
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Why it's so hard to talk...
or people who become outraged, you know, just because the word is said, of being overprincipled, politically correct or, as I just read a couple of weeks ago in The New York Times, "insufferably woke." Right?
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The power of a great...
Pip insufferably burns his hands, Mrs. Joe brings Pip up by hand." Are there patterns in your answers?
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Quote examples
Naomi Klein
Canadian Journalist
I think there has been this really bad habit of environmentalists being insufferably smug, where they are sort of saying, 'This is the issue that beats all other issues,' or, 'Your issue doesn't matter because nothing matters if the earth is fried.
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Jane Pauley
American Journalist
I was an unusually private person - in a way, kind of insufferably so. I think I thought the celebrity thing when it happened was a temporary phenomenon, and I was above it.
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Ian Hacking
Canadian Philosopher
The public debate about evolution itself, as opposed to whether to teach it, is something else. It is boring, demeaning, and insufferably dull.
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Naomi Klein
Canadian Journalist
I think there has been this really bad habit of environmentalists being insufferably smug, where they are sort of saying, 'This is the issue that beats all other issues,' or, 'Your issue doesn't matter because nothing matters if the earth is fried.
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Jane Pauley
American Journalist
I was an unusually private person - in a way, kind of insufferably so. I think I thought the celebrity thing when it happened was a temporary phenomenon, and I was above it.
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Ian Hacking
Canadian Philosopher
The public debate about evolution itself, as opposed to whether to teach it, is something else. It is boring, demeaning, and insufferably dull.
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