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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.
If something is impossible to put up with, you can say it is intolerable. It would be intolerable if your neighbors played their terrible, loud music all night long. Intolerable, tolerable, tolerate, tolerant, and even extol all share the same Latin root word tolerare, which means to bear.
1. : not tolerable : unbearable. intolerable pain. 2. : excessive. intolerability. (ˌ)in-ˌtä-lə-rə-ˈbi-lə-tē. -ˌtäl-rə- -ˌtä-lər- noun. intolerableness. (ˌ)in-ˈtä-lə-rə-bəl-nəs. -ˈtäl-rə- -ˈtä-lər-bəl- noun. intolerably. (ˌ)in-ˈtä-lə-rə-blē. -ˈtäl-rə- -ˈtä-lər-blē. adverb.
intolerable. (ɪntɒlərəbəl ) adjective. 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.
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.
Intolerable definition: not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable. See examples of INTOLERABLE used in a sentence.
Define intolerable. intolerable synonyms, intolerable pronunciation, intolerable translation, English dictionary definition of intolerable. adj. Impossible to tolerate or endure; unbearable: intolerable agony. in·tol′er·a·bil′i·ty , in·tol′er·a·ble·ness n. in·tol′er·a·bly adv. American Heritage®...
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.
Definition of intolerable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
intolerable meaning, definition, what is intolerable: too difficult, bad, annoying etc for you...: Learn more.
