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SUFFERABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sufferable mean?
• SUFFERABLE (adjective)
The adjective SUFFERABLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being borne though unpleasant
Familiarity information: SUFFERABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being borne though unpleasant
Synonyms:
bearable; endurable; sufferable; supportable
Context example:
sufferable punishment
Similar:
tolerable (capable of being borne or endured)
Context examples
Neither would Mr. Knightley's downright, decided, commanding sort of manner, though it suits him very well; his figure, and look, and situation in life seem to allow it; but if any young man were to set about copying him, he would not be sufferable.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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