Insupportable
adjective
Not bearable; unacceptable.
The intense heat was insupportable.
Often appears as...
- insupportable pain
- insupportable cruelty
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Not capable of being justified or explained.
His behavior was absolutely insupportable.
Often appears as...
- insupportable conduct
- insupportable accusations
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Not bearable; unacceptable.
The intense heat was insupportable.
Often appears as...
- insupportable pain
- insupportable cruelty
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Not capable of being justified or explained.
His behavior was absolutely insupportable.
Often appears as...
- insupportable conduct
- insupportable accusations
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Used to express strong negative emotions about situations or experiences.
The insupportable sadness after losing her pet lingered for months.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes used figuratively to describe situations that are very difficult, not only physically.
The wait for exam results was insupportable.
Pro Tip 3/3Extreme Conditions
Often describes extreme physical conditions that are hard to withstand.
The insupportable heatwave caused widespread discomfort.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Used to express strong negative emotions about situations or experiences.
The insupportable sadness after losing her pet lingered for months.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes used figuratively to describe situations that are very difficult, not only physically.
The wait for exam results was insupportable.
Pro Tip 3/3Extreme Conditions
Often describes extreme physical conditions that are hard to withstand.
The insupportable heatwave caused widespread discomfort.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Used to express strong negative emotions about situations or experiences.
The insupportable sadness after losing her pet lingered for months.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Literal
Sometimes used figuratively to describe situations that are very difficult, not only physically.
The wait for exam results was insupportable.
Pro Tip 3/3Extreme Conditions
Often describes extreme physical conditions that are hard to withstand.
The insupportable heatwave caused widespread discomfort.
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Quote examples
Padgett Powell
American Novelist
I've sat down and written with a more or less supportable or insupportable idea or thing to say, and it ends. When it's not 200 pages, people want to call it a story. I guess they're entitled to do that. In my view, if it were a supportable idea, it would have gone 200 pages, and it didn't.
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Augustus Hare
English Writer
It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life.
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William Samuel Johnson
American Politician
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
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Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish Novelist
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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Henry Adams
American Historian
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.
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Padgett Powell
American Novelist
I've sat down and written with a more or less supportable or insupportable idea or thing to say, and it ends. When it's not 200 pages, people want to call it a story. I guess they're entitled to do that. In my view, if it were a supportable idea, it would have gone 200 pages, and it didn't.
Quote examples
Augustus Hare
English Writer
It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life.
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William Samuel Johnson
American Politician
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
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Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish Novelist
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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Henry Adams
American Historian
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.
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