Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Possible to be endured; tolerable or bearable: endurable pain.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- That can be endured or suffered; not beyond endurance.
- Durable.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. capable of being borne though unpleasant
Etymologies
- endure + -able (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Apparently what I must do to make life more endurable is to follow my principles, with the hope that enough of this feeling will rub off on my associates to being a chain reaction.”
“What makes the absence endurable is the addition of Will Clark from Baltimore.”
“Still in these it is often compensated by descriptions of natural scenery so life-like and so enthusiastic that even the most _blasé_ of novel readers is carried along in a state of what may be called endurable tediousness.”
“Lara Yuan '10 manages to make One Republic endurable, which is no mean feat, while Emily Francis' 13 deftly executes her solo combinations with the skill of an upperclassman.”
“Calvin had regarded the "silly things" in our Prayer Book as "endurable," not so Knox.”
“So I know I will go home tonight to a warm house and have a hot meal, and this alone will make my winter endurable.”
The Huffington Post: Tim Giago: South Dakota Winters Set Records That Still Stand
“Seems a lot simpler, more endurable, and reflects the individual rights the Founders wanted to protect.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment
“That truth stated, an essential question must be asked: If you are in a marriage that feels like a death sentence and maybe is, if you have tried and tried to make things more endurable but cannot -- what is the worst damage to children: to stay or leave?”
“Gaddafi's shrinking command needs to recognise the limits of what's endurable.”
The Guardian: Libya: Gaddafi's cronies must desert or be damned | Observer editorial
“To make the wait endurable, he sat down, his carbine resting on his knees.”
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