bearablebear‧a‧ble /ˈbeərəbəl $ ˈber-/ adjective 
- His leg hasn't quite healed yet, but pain-killers make it bearable.
- The humidity was lower, making the high temperatures more bearable.
- The only things that made her life bearable were the occasional visits from her grandchildren.
- Even Emma Thompson was bearable in it.
- If only she'd been able to ask him why, perhaps it would have been more bearable.
- It was relatively bearable out for July.
- It would be better, it might even be bearable, if only he knew what had become of James.
- Not exactly funny, I think, but predictable and almost bearable.
- Rain opened the doors to the garden and fetched cushions so that it was bearable to sit on the scorched chairs.
- The temperature was more than bearable, and in fact in his leather jacket he was far too warm.
something unpleasant that you can stand► bearable a situation or type of behaviour that is bearable is difficult or unpleasant, but you are just able to bear it: · The only things that made her life bearable were the occasional visits from her grandchildren.· His leg hasn't quite healed yet, but pain-killers make it bearable.
► tolerable a situation that is tolerable is bad but you are able to accept it and deal with it: · It was a tolerable existence, but only just.· The new measures can only hope to keep fraud at tolerable levels.· An active social life may make the boredom of work more tolerable.
ADVERB► more· If only she'd been able to ask him why, perhaps it would have been more bearable.· Pain control medications may also make symptoms more bearable.· It made putting her father to bed that bit more bearable.· A half-hour wait wasn't going to make anything more bearable.· It's nice to think you can do something to make a patient's stay in hospital more bearable.
nounbeareradjectivebearable ≠ unbearableverbbearadverbbearably ≠ unbearably
His friendship was the one thing that made life bearable.—bearably adverb