endurable

[ en-door-uh-buhl, -dyoor- ]

/ ɛnˈdʊər ə bəl, -ˈdyʊər- /

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adjective

capable of being endured; bearable; tolerable.

Origin of endurable

First recorded in 1600–10; endure + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM endurable

en·dur·a·bil·i·ty, en·dur·a·ble·ness, nounen·dur·a·bly, adverbnon·en·dur·a·ble, adjectiveun·en·dur·a·bil·i·ty, adjective

un·en·dur·a·ble, adjectiveun·en·dur·a·ble·ness, nounun·en·dur·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby endurable

end table, end-tidal, end to end, endue, end up, endurable, endurance, endurance race, endurant, endure, enduring

Example sentences from the Web for endurable

“Then we must try and make London endurable for you,” he remarked cheerfully.
Anna the Adventuress|E. Phillips Oppenheim
But these men seemed to the Libyans neither moderate nor endurable.
History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8)|Procopius
As to France, we sought to bring about an endurable state of affairs.
The Kaiser's Memoirs|William II, German Emperor
But such creatures of habit are we that, after a little, we manage by proper care to make even that endurable.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals|T. C. DeLeon

It is a sorry part, that of suppliant, but so long as it is for another it is endurable.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.|Charles James Lever