UNENDURABLE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

unendurable

adjective

ˌən-in-ˈdu̇r-ə-bəl

Definition of unendurable

as in unbearable

more than can be put up with people used to travel along this stretch of the highway by night so as to avoid the unendurable heat of the day

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Recent Examples of unendurable Without which the last phase of my mum’s life would have been unendurable. — Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 The best among us rarely know what to say, how to look, how to be there for a friend who is enduring something unendurable. — Amanda Nguyen, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025 The 23-year-old captive’s parents showed all the anguish and anxiety that would befall anyone in their unendurable position. — Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Sep. 2024 Both Nelson Mandela and John McCain said being placed in solitary was more painful and unendurable than any of the physical tortures their jailors imposed. — Dr. James Gilligan, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unendurable

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unbearable

Adjective

Having now seen both movies, there’s no question that Whalefall put him through the more unbearable crucible.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
From Fall 2019, Vaccarello’s collections began not only to recall Saint Laurent’s gestures, but to expand upon and modernize them — testing the extremes of the founder’s silhouettes and codes to generate almost unbearable visual tension.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

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