intolerable

C2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/ UK /ɪnˈtɒləɹəbl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #15606

Meanings

1

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

Common collocations

intolerable degree 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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Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives

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