intolerable
[in-tol-er-uh-buhl]
- not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
- excessive.
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Origin of intolerable
Synonyms
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1. endurable.
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unbearableextremepainfulimpossibleunendurableexcruciatinginsufferableoffensiveundesirableinsupportableExamples from the Web for intolerable
Contemporary Examples
When the problem is already political, when the intolerable situation is the status quo?
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January 3, 2015
“My personal life had basically reached a dead end and the pressures on me were intolerable,” he says.
It also must have diminished significantly the CGI budget, as well as removed an intolerable amount of background noise.
A joke rapper is one thing, but a bad joke rapper is intolerable.
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December 10, 2013
That collective gasp you hear is the audience jolted by intolerable cruelty in 12 Years a Slave.
The ‘12 Years a Slave’ Book Shows Slavery As Even More Appalling Than In the FilmJimmy So
October 18, 2013
Historical Examples
The country all the way, in fact, is most miserable and intolerable.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
To me he is the most intolerable creature that I ever conversed with.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
At this intolerable assertion as he deemed it, Edward Gilder was reanimated.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
I don't care who he is, I say he is a double-dyed and most intolerable villain!'
Life And Adventures Of Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickens
He is treated with intolerable rudeness by your friend Mr. Pembroke.
The Inn at the Red OakLatta Griswold
intolerable
- more than can be tolerated or endured; insufferable
- informal extremely irritating or annoying
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Word Origin and History for intolerable
adj.
late 14c., from Latin intolerabilis "that cannot bear, that cannot be borne," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + tolerabilis "that may be endured," from tolerare "to tolerate" (see toleration). Related: Intolerably.
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