unbearableness
Quality beyond endurance
The quality of being impossible to endure.
Unbearableness is the noun form of unbearable, used when the abstract condition itself needs naming: The unbearableness of the heat drove everyone indoors.
The word is uncommon—most speakers prefer how unbearable something is rather than naming the quality directly.
Causing extreme suffering
- agonizingIntensely painful or distressing
- insufferableImpossible to put up with
- unendurableImpossible to bear
- insupportableCannot be borne
intolerable · overwhelming · crushing · torturous · harrowing · grueling · punishing · brutal
Intense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
agony · misery · desolation · wretchedness · suffering · distress · desperation · hopelessness
Lack of necessities
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- tribulationState of great distress
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
affliction · deprivation · hardship · travail · burden · trial · misfortune · suffering
Depriving of air
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- smotheringDepriving of air
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
weighty · heavy · burdensome · onerous · constricting · inescapable · relentless · unrelenting
excruciating
Causing extreme suffering
- agonizingIntensely painful or distressing
- insufferableImpossible to put up with
- unendurableImpossible to bear
insupportable · intolerable · overwhelming · crushing · torturous · harrowing · grueling · punishing · brutal · merciless
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- despairTotal absence of hope
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
torment · agony · misery · desolation · wretchedness · suffering · distress · desperation · hopelessness · devastation
privation
Lack of necessities
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- tribulationState of great distress
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
struggle · affliction · deprivation · hardship · travail · burden · trial · misfortune · suffering · plight
suffocating
Depriving of air
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- smotheringDepriving of air
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
oppressive · weighty · heavy · burdensome · onerous · constricting · inescapable · relentless · unrelenting · grinding
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
exhaustion · strain · fatigue · overload · overwhelm · breakdown · distress · agitation · panic · dread
unbearablenessbearableness
Capacity to be endured
endurability · tolerableness · tolerability · manageability · acceptability
unbearablenessmildness
Gentle, moderate quality
gentleness · pleasantness · comfort · ease · agreeableness
bear, bearing, overbearing, bearable, unbearable, forbearance, forbear, unbearably, bearably