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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.
Intolerable means so bad or extreme that no one can bear it or tolerate it. Learn the synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation, collocations and usage of intolerable with examples from The Guardian and other sources.
Learn the meaning of intolerable, an adjective that means not tolerable or unbearable. See synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related entries.
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.
Intolerable means too bad or unpleasant to deal with or accept. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and antonyms, and explore translations in other languages.
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®...
