different between insufferable vs disquieting

English

Etymology

in- +? sufferable

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [?n?s?f??bl?]
• (US) enPR: ?n-s?f'?r-?-b?l, IPA^(key): /?n?s?f??b?l/, [?n?s?f??bl?]

Adjective

insufferable (comparative more insufferable, superlative most insufferable)

1. Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure.
   • 1894, Henry James, The Coxon Fund, ch. 4:

     Saltram was incapable of keeping the engagements which, after their separation, he had entered into with regard to his wife, a deeply wronged, justly resentful, quite irreproachable and insufferable person.

   • 1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country, ch. 13:

     Marvell . . . thought Peter a bore in society and an insufferable nuisance on closer terms.

   • 2011 June 7, "Chaos in Syria," Time:

     The oppressive heat has become insufferable in Syria — and as the temperature climbs, emotions get harder to contain.

Synonyms

• intolerable, unbearable

Related terms

• insufferableness
• insufferably

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References

• insufferable at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

disquiet +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dis?quiet?ing

Adjective

disquieting (comparative more disquieting, superlative most disquieting)

1. Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.

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Verb

disquieting

1. present participle of disquiet.

Noun

disquieting (plural disquietings)

1. The act by which someone or something is disquieted.
   • 1640, Edward Reynolds, A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man

     Thus we see the intuition of divine truth in minds of defiled affections, worketh not that sweet effect which is natural unto it to produce; but doubtings, terrors, and disquietings of conscience […]

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