endurable
Collocations
4ADJ.
evil
VERB + ENDURABLE
became, mote
PREP.
in
ADV.
only
Definitions
adj
Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable.
A sharp keen wind blew dead against us; a hard frost prevailed on shore; and the cold was most severe. Yet the air was so intensely clear, and dry, and bright, that the temperature was not only endurable, but delicious.
As his bodily strength increased, and his health, considerably impaired by inward suffering, improved, the trouble of his soul became more endurable—and in some measure to endure is to conquer and destroy.
Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable.
[…] the agriculturist would outlive the struggle, and his property be as fixed and endurable as the oaks which were planted by his ancestors.
Albert E. Brum was born into one of Petawawa’s founding families who eventually established one of the area’s most endurable businesses.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — capable of being borne though unpleasant
- bearable
- sufferable
- supportable
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3A sharp keen wind blew dead against us; a hard frost prevailed on shore; and the cold was most severe. Yet the air was so intensely clear, and dry, and bright, that the temperature was not only endura
WiktionaryAs his bodily strength increased, and his health, considerably impaired by inward suffering, improved, the trouble of his soul became more endurable—and in some measure to endure is to conquer and des
WiktionaryAnd when belief was dead and God a myth, / And the world seemed a wandering mote of evil, / Endurable only by its impermanence, / And all the planets perishable urns / Of perishable ashes, to you alon
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