Definition of Sufferable

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

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

Definition of Sufferable

1. a. Able to suffer or endure; patient.

Definition of Sufferable

1. Adjective. (obsolete) Able to suffer or endure; patient. ¹

2. Adjective. That may be suffered; capable of being tolerated, endured or permitted; allowable; tolerable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sufferable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sufferable

suettiest
suetty
suety
suevite
suevites
suevitic
suey
suf-
sufentanil
suffari
suffaris
suffect
suffer
suffer'd
suffer fools gladly
sufferable
sufferableness
sufferably
sufferage
sufferance
sufferances
sufferation
sufferations
sufferaunce
suffered
sufferer
sufferers
sufferest
suffereth
suffering

Literary usage of Sufferable

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

1. Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6, and a by John Evelyn (1827)
"... salvation out of that, no reformation sufferable, bottoming all their errors on St. Peter's successors un- ..."

2. The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or Miscellaneous Collections in History by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman (1838)
"... there is something romantic and antiquated, that renders rustic ignorance sufferable; but in large cities the majority have no taste, or worse than none ..."

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