unsufferable

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Hell heard th' unsufferable noise, Hell saw Heav'n ruining from Heav'n and would have fled Affrighted; but strict Fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound.

From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John

There is one imposition of his I had almost forgot, which I think unsufferable, and will appeal to you, or any reasonable person, whether it be so or not.

From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by Daly, J. Bowles (John Bowles)

Now if the doctrine of the church of England be true, as we are obliged to believe, then are all the coelestial machines of prince Arthur unsufferable, as wanting not only human but divine probability.

From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Cibber, Theophilus

The Defects and unsufferable Abuses which are heard in Recitatives, and not known to those who commit them, are innumerable.

From Observations on the Florid Song or Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers by Galliard, John Ernest

On the contrary, when those conspired against escape, they become harsher and more unsufferable than before, as, in the examples given, Florence, Athens, and Heraclea had cause to know.

From Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Thomson, Ninian Hill