insupportable pain

  • 1Insupportable — In sup*port a*ble, a. [L. insupportabilis: cf. F. insupportable. See {In } not, and {Support}.] Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain. {In sup*port a*ble*ness} …

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  • 2insupportable — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin insupportabilis, from Latin in + supportare to support Date: circa 1530 not supportable: a. more than can be endured < insupportable pain > b. impossible to justify&#8230; …

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  • 3insupportable — insupportableness, insupportability, n. insupportably, adv. /in seuh pawr teuh beuhl, pohr /, adj. 1. not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain. 2. incapable of support or justification, as by evidence or collected facts: an&#8230; …

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  • 4insupportable — in|sup|port|a|ble [ˌınsəˈpo:təbəl US ˈpo:r ] adj formal extremely bad or annoying = ↑unbearable ▪ insupportable pain ▪ Her behaviour was insupportable …

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  • 5insupportable — adjective formal too unpleasant for you to bear: insupportable behaviour | insupportable pain …

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  • 6Insupportable — Douleur La douleur est la sensation ressentie par un organisme dont le système nerveux détecte un stimulus nociceptif. Habituellement, elle correspond à un signal d alarme de l organisme pour signifier une remise en cause de son intégrité&#8230; …

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  • 7pain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Suffering Noun 1. pain, suffering, sufferance; hurt, cut; discomfort, painfulness; discomfort, malaise; nightmare; anguish, agony, misery, excruciation, torment, torture, rack; Weltschmerz; distress,&#8230; …

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  • 8insupportable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insufferable, dreadful, intolerable; see intolerable , painful 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective So unpleasant or painful as not to be endured or tolerated: impossible, insufferable, intolerable, unbearable,&#8230; …

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  • 9Insupportableness — Insupportable In sup*port a*ble, a. [L. insupportabilis: cf. F. insupportable. See {In } not, and {Support}.] Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain. {In&#8230; …

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  • 10Insupportably — Insupportable In sup*port a*ble, a. [L. insupportabilis: cf. F. insupportable. See {In } not, and {Support}.] Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain. {In&#8230; …

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