Meaning of INTOLERABLE
| Pronunciation: | | in'tâlurubul
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- [adj] completely unacceptable; "this noise is intolerable"
- [adj] impossible to tolerate or endure; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"
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| | Synonyms: | | bitter, impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsufferable, unsupportable |
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| | Antonyms: | | tolerable | | |
| | See Also: | | impermissible | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*tol"er*a*ble\, a. [F. intol['e]rable, L.
intolerabilis. See {In-} not, and {Tolerable}.]
1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not
proper or right to be allowed; insufferable;
insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain;
intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.
His insolence is more intolerable Than all the princes in
the land beside. --Shak.
4. Enormous.
This intolerable deal of sack. --Shak.
-- {In*tol"er*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*tol"er*a*bly}, adv.
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