intolerable

C2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction
US /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/ UK /ɪnˈtɒləɹəbl̩/
adj Freq #15606

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    incapable of being put up with

    An intolerable degree of sentimentality.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · incapable of being put up with unbearableunendurable
More insufferableunsufferable
Opposites
tolerablesufferableendurablebearablelivablesupportable
Word family
Forms intol
Derived forms intolerabilityintolerablenessintolerably

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English intolerable, borrowed from Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- + tolerable.

intolerable Middle English intolerābilis Latin
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Topics

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