different between insupportable vs abhorrent
insupportable
English
Etymology
From Middle French insupportable, from Late Latin insupportabilis. See also in- +? supportable
Adjective
insupportable (comparative more insupportable, superlative most insupportable)
- That cannot be tolerated or endured.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 3,[1]
- My lord, you do me most insupportable vexation.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book I, Chapter 13,[2]
- The captain, at Mr Allworthy’s instance, was outwardly, as we have said, reconciled to his brother; yet the same rancour remained in his heart; and he found so many opportunities of giving him private hints of this, that the house at last grew insupportable to the poor doctor; and he chose rather to submit to any inconveniences which he might encounter in the world, than longer to bear these cruel and ungrateful insults from a brother for whom he had done so much.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Volume I, Chapter 2,[3]
- “Come, Darcy,” said he, “I must have you dance. I hate to see you standing about by yourself in this stupid manner. You had much better dance.” ¶ “I certainly shall not. You know how I detest it, unless I am particularly acquainted with my partner. At such an assembly as this, it would be insupportable. Your sisters are engaged, and there is not another woman in the room, whom it would not be a punishment to me to stand up with.”
- 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, 2001, Part One, Chapter 3,
- But in the prayer-room there was no furniture at all, the ground was of course sacred, and he found the smell of incense and sandalwood insupportable.
- 2001, “A plague of finance,” The Economist, 27 September, 2001,[4]
- Insupportable debts and chronic instability worsen the developing countries’ dependence on aid, and allow the IMF to tighten the screws even more vigorously next time, at the direction of American bankers.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene 3,[1]
- (of a statement, claim, argument, etc.) That cannot be supported; that cannot be demonstrated or proved.
- 2001, “Deconstructing Gale Norton,” The New York Times, 7 February, 2001,[5]
- […] the energy debate is in danger of being corrupted by misstatements small and large. Among these is the insupportable proposition that the California energy crisis can somehow be relieved by drilling in the Arctic refuge — an idea Ms. Norton echoed when she said that new drilling would “resolve some of the problems we’ve been having lately.”
- 2012, “Jennifer Buckingham, Mistakes writ large if reading goes wrong,” The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 May, 2012,[6]
- This is a critical error, which undermines the report and leads the advisory group to make a series of contradictory and insupportable recommendations.
- 2013, “Canada’s falling crime rate flies in face of Harper policies: Editorial,” Toronto Star, 26 July, 2013,[7]
- For the Conservatives, who came to power in 2006, to claim credit for more than two decades of dropping crime is as laughable as it is insupportable.
- 2001, “Deconstructing Gale Norton,” The New York Times, 7 February, 2001,[5]
Synonyms
- (made up of particularly small pieces): insufferable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
- (that cannot be demonstrated): indefensible, untenable
Related terms
- insupportableness
- insupportably
References
- insupportable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- insupportable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.sy.p??.tabl/
Adjective
insupportable (plural insupportables)
- intolerable; insupportable; unbearable
Further reading
- “insupportable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Adjective
insupportable m or f (plural insupportables)
- intolerable; insupportable; unbearable
insupportable From the web:
- what insupportable mean
- what's insupportable in english
- what does insupportable mean
- what does insupportable mean in english
- what does insupportable mean in spanish
- what does insupportable
- what do insupportable mean
- what does insupportable means in french
abhorrent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abhorr?ns, abhorr?ntis, present active participle of abhorre? (“abhor”). Equivalent to abhor +? -ent.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /æb?(h)??.?nt/, /?b?(h)??.?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /æb?h??.?nt/, /æb?h??.?nt/
Adjective
abhorrent (comparative more abhorrent, superlative most abhorrent)
- (archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed [Late 16th century.]
- Contrary to something; discordant. [Mid 17th century.]
- Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. [Mid 18th century.]
- Detestable or repugnant. [Early 19th century.]
Usage notes
- Nouns to which abhorrent is often applied: behavior, act, crime, practice, thing.
- (opposed): abhorrent is typically followed by from.
- (contrary): abhorrent is followed by to.
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- abhorrent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- abhorrent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- abhorrent at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- earthborn
French
Verb
abhorrent
- third-person plural present indicative of abhorrer
- third-person plural present subjunctive of abhorrer
Latin
Verb
abhorrent
- third-person plural present active indicative of abhorre?
abhorrent From the web:
- what abhorrent means
- what abhorrent in french
- abhorrent what is the definition
- abhorrent what is the opposite
- what does abhorrent mean in the bible
- what does abhorrent
- what is abhorrent behavior
- what do abhorrent mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- insupportable vs abhorrent
- signal vs omen
- moved vs grieved
- vexation vs heartache
- hindrance vs obviation
- bounce vs cavort
- erratic vs fluctuating
- employee vs flunkey
- obligation vs debit
- host vs group
- annoy vs gall
- dislodge vs slide
- advice vs acquaintance
- standard vs paradigm
- cheerless vs forbidding
- heinous vs grievous
- pull vs convulse
- specification vs lesson
- pellucid vs vitreous
- incorporeal vs shadowy