ENDURABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endurable mean? 

• ENDURABLE (adjective)
  The adjective ENDURABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being borne though unpleasant

  Familiarity information: ENDURABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDURABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being borne though unpleasant

Synonyms:

bearable; endurable; sufferable; supportable

Context example:

sufferable punishment

Similar:

tolerable (capable of being borne or endured)

 Context examples 

Feeling this, Jo's burden seemed easier to bear, duty grew sweeter, and life looked more endurable, seen from the safe shelter of her mother's arms.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Even Elizabeth might have found some trial of her patience in weather which totally suspended the improvement of her acquaintance with Mr. Wickham; and nothing less than a dance on Tuesday, could have made such a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday endurable to Kitty and Lydia.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The Musgroves could hardly be more ready to invite than he to come, particularly in the morning, when he had no companion at home, for the Admiral and Mrs Croft were generally out of doors together, interesting themselves in their new possessions, their grass, and their sheep, and dawdling about in a way not endurable to a third person, or driving out in a gig, lately added to their establishment.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)