INTOLERABLE

intolerable, unbearable, unendurable

(adjective) incapable of being tolerated or endured; “an intolerable degree of sentimentality”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

intolerable (comparative more intolerable, superlative most intolerable)

not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured

Synonyms: insufferable, insupportable, unbearable

extremely offensive or insulting.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "intolerable" is often applied: cruelty, burden, situation, condition, pain, heat, position, life, state, suffering, evil, risk, insult, hardship, agony, behavior, affront, insolence, stress, consequence, people.

Source: Wiktionary

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In*tol"er*a*ble, a. Etym: [F. intolérable, 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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