as in unbearable
more than can be put up with
an insufferable bore whose only topic of conversation is himself
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Recent Examples of insufferable
The Rock could show up any week now to inflict further punishment on Rhodes and make his life insufferable.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
She’s also brought her hunky sons, the insufferable Prince Galad (Callum Kerr) and and the comparatively charming Prince Gawyn (Luke Fetherston), whose display of shirtless swordplay in the White Tower’s courtyard leaves not a dry seat in the house.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
When boiled down, Baldoni’s letter to Bob Iger and Kevin Feige claims the insufferable and man-bun-sporting Nicepool character in Deadpool & Wolverine is meant to be a mockery of Baldoni by Reynolds, and everyone involved in the blockbuster flick knew it.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
Turns out this gang of privileged, white Georgetown students is kind of insufferable!
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
She’s also brought her hunky sons, the insufferable Prince Galad (Callum Kerr) and and the comparatively charming Prince Gawyn (Luke Fetherston), whose display of shirtless swordplay in the White Tower’s courtyard leaves not a dry seat in the house.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
When boiled down, Baldoni’s letter to Bob Iger and Kevin Feige claims the insufferable and man-bun-sporting Nicepool character in Deadpool & Wolverine is meant to be a mockery of Baldoni by Reynolds, and everyone involved in the blockbuster flick knew it.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
Turns out this gang of privileged, white Georgetown students is kind of insufferable!
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for insufferable
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