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Meanings of sufferable in English

Capable of being borne though unpleasant.

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Examples for "bearable"
1
The certainty would have been bearable; I had courage to face ruin.
The Helmet of Navarre
2
Woodward dared to take another drink; the pain was severe, but bearable.
Speaks the Nightbird
3
They don't seem so dreadful then; they seem more bearable and ordinary.
Five on a treasure island
4
But we gained a gravelly tone that made friends' poetry recitations bearable.
The Guardian
5
This means settling upon a narrative that makes what has happened bearable.
The Guardian
1
But it keeps no endurable brands of English or American smoking tobacco.
Who is mark twain?
2
Somewhat astonishingly, it made enough money to launch this equally endurable follow-up.
The Irish Times
3
The smell of this horse blanket was less endurable than the cold.
The Call of the Canyon
4
It's not trendy glamour, it's endurable luxury, the first retail banker said.
Reuters
5
This expression I desire to repeat here for perpetuation in endurable form.
Fifty Years of Public Service / Personal Recollections of Shelby...
1
Even the imperious Mr. Delvile was more supportable here than in London.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
2
The only thing which makes it supportable for a while is curiosity.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
3
Control has been spectacularly sustained, but does that make it admirable or supportable?
The Irish Times
4
There are no ills which are not more supportable after food.
The Parisians — Volume 12
5
Why, then, should my absence now be less supportable to you than heretofore?
The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-...
Usage of sufferable in English
1
Finding the air sufferable, he came forth on to the steps.
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
2
During the time, the suffering is at least sufferable.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
3
It is a peep, a part revelation, just sufferable, of the Olympian god-Joveplaying carpet-knight.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
4
Lady Ann was offended, and seriously: was alliance with such a woman permissible or sufferable?
There & Back
5
Even Bully Pigeon was sufferable (as Paddy observed), if he was not altogether agreeable.
The Three Midshipmen
6
Yet no man will, at this day, pretend that the Greek of his prize ode is sufferable.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2
7
By 6:00 p.m. the pain was sufferable, though I still saw the world in red.
Desert places: a novel of terror
8
Cyrus, for his part, thought Ainesley was responsible and hardworking, enough anyway to be sufferable, and he wanted the best for him.
Anthill: a novel
9
Skepsey's face was just sufferable by light of day, if one pitied reflecting on his honest intentions; it ceased to discolour another.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4
10
They encountered a band of hostile Indians, and hardest to bear, a loneliness made sufferable only by the illusive phantasies of the golden fever.
Tales of Aztlan; The Romance of a Hero of Our Late Spanish-Ameri...
11
Finding the air sufferable, he came forth on to the steps.
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
12
During the time, the suffering is at least sufferable.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
13
It is a peep, a part revelation, just sufferable, of the Olympian god-Joveplaying carpet-knight.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
14
Lady Ann was offended, and seriously: was alliance with such a woman permissible or sufferable?
There & Back
15
Even Bully Pigeon was sufferable (as Paddy observed), if he was not altogether agreeable.
The Three Midshipmen
16
Yet no man will, at this day, pretend that the Greek of his prize ode is sufferable.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2
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