Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unbearable manner; intolerably.
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- adverb In an
unbearable manner, notbearably , in a way unable to beborne
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to an unbearable degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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Holt was crouching on the opposite side of him, sitting on one heel, his expression unbearably grim.
The Rogue Janet Dailey 1980
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Holt was crouching on the opposite side of him, sitting on one heel, his expression unbearably grim.
The Rogue Janet Dailey 1980
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She approached what appeared to be a crash site with flaming wreckage and crumpled metal which she described as 'unbearably hot'.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011
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Army soldiers who find themselves in unbearably tense situations on a regular basis.
Deceptively simple story works for visceral “The Hurt Locker” » Scene-Stealers 2009
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“Jamie?” she added in a hopeful whisper, the name as unbearably intimate as a caress on her lips.
The Devil Wears Plaid Teresa Medeiros 2010
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It doesn't help that I found the art to be unbearably crude, in a manner that made if frequently difficult to tell what exactly was being illustrated and how it tied into the text.
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"Mother Come Home" is nearly unbearably depressing.
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It is becoming unbearably dangerous for media outlets and their journalists to operate in Ivory Coast, says Keita.
Journalists Targeted by Warring Factions in Ivory Coast 2011
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He posted on Twitter: "Am I a Grinch or is it just an unbearably cute flyspeck?"
L.A. Nights: Bret Easton Ellis at the Movies Marshall Heyman 2011
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Sometimes, I get horribly stressed about what other people might think of my novel (what if those big-name writers who get my ARCs just laugh at them, and not because the book is a comedy?), or I feel unbearably exhausted after weeks of bad nights as my baby teethes.
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