unbearable
adj.adj. too bad, painful, or annoying to deal with. You use this when you feel like you cannot handle a situation any longer.
adj. too unpleasant, painful, or intense to be tolerated. Often used predicatively after linking verbs such as 'become', 'seem', or 'feel'.
The heat in the room was unbearable.
The silence in the house became unbearable after his best friend moved away.
The protagonist's grief is depicted as an unbearable weight, manifesting physically as a constant pressure in his chest that prevents him from engaging with the world.
From Middle English unberable, equivalent to un- + bearable.
Often modified by adverbs of degree like 'almost', 'nearly', or 'virtually'.
The pain was unbearingThe pain was unbearableLearners sometimes confuse the adjective 'unbearable' with the present participle 'unbearing', which is not a standard English word for this meaning.