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- Dictionaryintolerable/ɪnˈtɒl(ə)rəb(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. unable to be endured: "the intolerable pressures of his work"
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too bad or unpleasant to deal with or accept: The situation has become intolerable. The constant fighting made life at home intolerable. Three-quarters of the world's population live in conditions that people in the West would find intolerable. Synonyms. unbearable. unendurable formal. Opposite. tolerable.
The meaning of INTOLERABLE is not tolerable : unbearable. How to use intolerable in a sentence.
too bad or unpleasant to deal with or accept: The situation has become intolerable. The constant fighting made life at home intolerable. Three-quarters of the world's population live in conditions that people in the West would find intolerable. Synonyms. unbearable. unendurable formal. Opposite. tolerable.
adjective. incapable of being put up with. “an intolerable degree of sentimentality”. synonyms: unbearable, unendurable. impermissible. not permitted. bitter. very difficult to accept or bear. impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable.
If you describe something as intolerable, you mean that it is so bad or extreme that no one can bear it or tolerate it. They felt this would put intolerable pressure on them. Human rights abuses by any party are intolerable.
intolerable - incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality". unbearable, unendurable. impermissible - not permitted; "impermissible behavior". tolerable - capable of being borne or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable".
Intolerable definition: not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable. See examples of INTOLERABLE used in a sentence.
Definition of intolerable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe something as intolerable, you mean that it is so bad or extreme that no one can bear it.
adjective. Not tolerable; unbearable; too severe, painful, cruel, etc. to be endured. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Extremely offensive or insulting. Wiktionary. Synonyms: unendurable. unbearable. offensive. excruciating. unacceptable. abhorrent. insufferable. unsupportable. unsufferable. insupportable. impossible. Antonyms: tolerable.
