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intolerable - 4 dictionary results

in⋅tol⋅er⋅a⋅ble

[in-tol-er-uh-buhl]
–adjective
1. not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
2. excessive.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L intolerābilis. See in- 3 , tolerable


in⋅tol⋅er⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅tol⋅er⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅tol⋅er⋅a⋅bly, adverb


1. unbearable, insupportable.


1. endurable.
in·tol·er·a·ble   (ĭn-tŏl'ər-ə-bəl)   
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.

Intolerable

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.
Language Translation for : intolerable
Spanish: intolerable,
German: unerträglich,
Japanese: 耐えられない

intolerable 
1435, from L. intolerabilis "that cannot bear, that cannot be borne," from in- "not" + tolerabilis "that may be endured," from tolerare "to tolerate" (see toleration). Intolerance "unwillingness to endure a differing opinion" first attested 1765.
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