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bearable

[bair-uh-buhl]

adjective

  1. capable of being endured or tolerated; endurable.



bearable

/ ˈɛəəə /

adjective

  1. endurable; tolerable

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • bearableness noun
  • bearably adverb
  • ˈ𲹰 adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bearable1

First recorded in 1540–50; bear 1 + -able
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If twee as it was made the future feel bright, twee as it is in “The Life of Chuck” makes the future feel bearable, if that.

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"The family said the hospital couldn't do enough, they were tireless and made it so much more bearable."

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"But life was much more bearable with him."

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Now even the small joys that were making life bearable are fraught with fear after a new law was announced saying if a woman is outside her home, even her voice must not be heard.

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A gay white man in his 60s said he needed money “for a bearable retirement not fraught with worry.”

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