intolerable

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/ UK /ɪnˈtɒləɹəbl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #15606

Meanings

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adj
incapable of being put up with

An intolerable degree of sentimentality.

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Synonyms

1 adj · incapable of being put up with unbearable unendurable

More insufferable unsufferable

Opposites

tolerable sufferable endurable bearable livable supportable

Word family

Forms intol

Derived forms intolerabilityintolerablenessintolerably

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Phrases (1)

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intolerable degree
an amount or intensity that cannot reasonably be endured

Adjective + noun

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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