Endurable and Excruciating

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Endurable adjective - Capable of being endured.

Usage example: a flu shot is never pleasant, but I find the momentary pain entirely endurable

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Excruciating is an antonym for endurable.

Nearby Words: endure, enduring, endurance, endured

Excruciating adjective - Difficult to endure.

Usage example: the excruciating heat that the settlers faced as they crossed the deserts of the Southwest

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Endurable is an antonym for excruciating in torturous topic.

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