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Word Meanings - SUFFERABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. "Ye must be sufferable." Chaucer. 2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. -- Suf"fer*a*ble*ness, n. -- Suf"fer*a*bly, adv.

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  • SUPPORTABLE
    Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
  • SUFFERABLE
    1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. "Ye must be sufferable." Chaucer. 2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. -- Suf"fer*a*ble*ness, n. -- Suf"fer*a*bly, adv.
  • BEARABLE
    Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable. -- Bear"a*bly, adv.
  • PASSABLE
    1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak. 2. Capable
  • SUFFICIENTLY
    To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.
  • ALLOWABLENESS
    The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South.
  • ENDURABLE
    Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n.
  • ALLOWABLE
    1. Praiseworthy; laudable. Hacket. 2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.
  • LAWFUL
    1. Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent. 2. Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands. Lawful age, the age when the law recognizes one's right of independent action; majority; -- generally the
  • SUFFICIENT
    1. Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country. My grace is sufficient for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9. 2. Possessing adequate talents
  • PERMISSIBLE
    That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. -- Per*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mis"si*bly, adv.
  • TOLERABLE
    1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally. As may affect tionearth with cold and heat Scarce tolerable. Milton. 2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as
  • PASSABLENESS
    The quality of being passable.
  • INSUFFICIENTLY
    In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
  • UNTOLERABLE
    Intolerable.
  • IMPASSABLE
    Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton. -- Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*pass"a*bly, adv.
  • UNPASSABLE
    Impassable. E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n. Evelyn.
  • DISALLOWABLE
    Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n.
  • INSUPPORTABLE
    Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`sup*port"a*bly, adv.
  • UNSUPPORTABLE
    Insupportable; unendurable. -- Un`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Wilkins. -- Un`sup*port"a*bly, adv.
  • COMPASSABLE
    Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.
  • UNLAWFUL
    Not lawful; contrary to law. -- Un*law"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*law"ful*ness, n. Unlawful assembly. See under Assembly.
  • UNSUFFICIENT
    Insufficient.
  • IMPERMISSIBLE
    Not permissible.

 

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