Endurable and Unbearable

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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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Unbearable is an antonym for endurable in bearable topic.

Nearby Words: endure, enduring, endurance, endured

Unbearable adjective - More than can be put up with.

Usage example: this heat is unbearable—when are we going to get air-conditioning?

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Endurable is an antonym for unbearable.

Nearby Word: unbearably

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