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semibearable

semibearable adjective: somewhat but not entirely bearable.

Adjective

semibearable (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat but not entirely bearable
    • The semibearable heaviness of Philip Kaufman, at least in his last three features--Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Wanderers, and The Right Stuff--is largely a matter of an only half-disguised didactic impulse, a notion that he's got something to teach us.1988 February 12, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Unwarranted Heaviness”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of semibearable

From semi- + bearable.

Questions about semibearable

What does semibearable mean?
Semibearable means somewhat but not entirely bearable.
What part of speech is semibearable?
Semibearable is an adjective.

Words near semibearable in the dictionary

  1. semibarbarous
  2. semibaronial
  3. semibarren
  4. semibasement
  5. semibasements
  6. semibearable
  7. semibenevolent
  8. semibent
  9. semibiographical
  10. semibiographically
  11. semibiographies

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