Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-SUF'FER-A-BLE
IN-SUF'FER-A-BLE, a. [in and sufferable.]
- Intolerable; that can not be borne or endured; as, insufferable heat, cold or pain.
- That can not be permitted or tolerated. Our wrongs are insufferable.
- Detestable; contemptible; disgusting beyond endurance. A multitude of scribblers who daily pester the world with their insufferable stuff. Dryden.
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