Definition of Endurable

1. Adjective. Capable of being borne though unpleasant. "Sufferable punishment"

Exact synonyms: Bearable, Sufferable, Supportable
Similar to: Tolerable
Derivative terms: Bear

Definition of Endurable

1. a. Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.

Definition of Endurable

1. Adjective. Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable. ¹

2. Adjective. Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endurable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endurable

endstage lung
endstages
endstation
endstations
endue
endued
endued with(p)
enduement
enduements
enduer
enduers
endues
enduing
endura
endurability
endurable (current term)
endurableness
endurably
endurance
endurance contest
endurance riding
endurances
endurant
endurantism
endurantist
endurantists
enduration
endure
endured
endurement

Literary usage of Endurable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Rome by Thomas Arnold (1853)
"... like individuals, cheerfully acquiesce in their actual condition, when it appears to be in any degree natural, or even endurable ; and that their desire ..."

2. A Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early by Alexander Harris (1872)
"This seemed to have rendered his life more endurable, and towards the close cheered its decline ... endurable ..."

3. Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery by Marion Harland (1874)
"... which are yet curable as well as endurable, and live above it—a noble, beneficent existence in the love of your fellow-creatures and the fear of GOD—a ..."

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