unendurable

English

Alternative forms

• unindurable (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English un-

Latin indūrō

Latin indūrāreder.

Old French endurerbor.

Middle English enduren

English endure

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English endurable

English unendurable

From un- + endurable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌn.ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ.ɪ.bəl/

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Adjective

unendurable (comparative more unendurable, superlative most unendurable)

1. Not to be endured; intolerable.

Synonyms

• searing

Derived terms

• unendurably

Related terms

• unendurability
• unendurableness

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “unendurable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.