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bearable

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bear·a·ble  (bâr-bl)
adj.
That can be endured: bearable pain; a bearable schedule.
beara·bili·ty n.
beara·bly adv.
bearable
Adjective
endurable; tolerable
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bearable - capable of being borne though unpleasant; "sufferable punishment"
endurable, sufferable, supportable
tolerable - capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"
bearable
adjective tolerable, acceptable, sustainable, manageable, passable, admissible, supportable, endurable, sufferable << OPPOSITE intolerable
Translations
Spanish bearable [ˈbɛərəbl] adj → soportable, aguantable
French bearable [ˈbɛərəbl] adj → supportable
German bearable [ˈbɛərəbl] adj → erträglich
Italian bearable [ˈbɛərəbl] adj → sopportabile
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Philip acknowledged that from her point of view it would have been madness to marry him: only love could have made such poverty bearable, and she did not love him.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
I saw that I was just another Robinson Crusoe cast away on an uninhabited island, with no society but some more or less tame animals, and if I wanted to make life bearable I must do as he did -- invent, contrive, create, reorganize things; set brain and hand to work, and keep them busy.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
Presently she stepped into the kitchen, and Sid, happy in his immunity, reached for the sugar-bowl -- a sort of glorying over Tom which was wellnigh un- bearable.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
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