sufferable
Syllables: suf·fer·a·bleUK/ˈsʌfəɹəb(ə)l/
sufferable adjective: able to suffer, endure, or tolerate.
Adjective
sufferable (comparative more sufferable, superlative most sufferable)
- Able to suffer, endure, or tolerate.
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- Synonyms:
- tolerant, patient, avuncular, broad-minded, catholic, forbearing, indulgent, latitudinarian, laissez faire, lenient
- Antonyms:
- bigoted, insufferable, vulnerable
- Capable of being endured, tolerated, permitted, or allowed.
- Greek philosophers put it bluntly: "The best thing in the world is not to be born; but the second best is to die." Up to the point of suicide the suffering continues to be sufferable.2001, Walter Prytulak, On Pain Suffering: Reminiscences, Musings and Reflections, page 58
- Synonyms:
- endurable, tolerable, permissible, allowable, abideable, acceptable, admissible, supportable, bearable, livable
- Antonyms:
- insufferable, unendurable, intolerable, impermissible, unallowable
Synonyms of sufferable
- tolerant
- patient
- avuncular
- broad-minded
- catholic
- forbearing
- indulgent
- latitudinarian
- laissez faire
- lenient
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Antonyms
Forms of sufferable
| comparative | more sufferable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sufferable |
Origin of sufferable
PIE word *upó From Middle English sufferable, souffrable (“bearable, endurable, tolerable; allowable, permissible; able to or willing to bear hardship; forbearing, long-suffering; calm, self-restrained, slow to anger; capable of suffering”), from Anglo-Norman sufferable, souffrable, and Old French souffrable, suffrable (“sufferable, tolerable”)), from Medieval Latin sufferābilis, from Latin sufferre + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’). Sufferre is the present active infinitive of sufferō, subferō (“to bear or carry under; to bear, endure, suffer, undergo”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, under’) + ferō (“to bear, carry; to endure, suffer, tolerate”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)). The English word is analysable as suffer + -able.
Questions about sufferable
- What does sufferable mean?
- Sufferable means able to suffer, endure, or tolerate.
- What part of speech is sufferable?
- Sufferable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sufferable?
- Sufferable is pronounced /ˈsʌfəɹəb(ə)l/ (UK).
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