intolerable
AdjectiveUS[in-tol-er-uh-buhl]/ˌɪnˈtɑlɚəbəl/5 syllables
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Adjective (1)
- incapable of being tolerated or endured“an intolerable degree of sentimentality”Synonyms: unbearableunendurableOpposite tolerableSimilar bitter, unsupportable, insufferable, impossibleSee also impermissible
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In·tol′er·a·ble adjective
Origin: F. intolérable, 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.— William Shakespeare
4. Enormous.
This intolerable deal of sack.— William Shakespeare
— In·tol′wb-a1′>′er·a·ble·ness, noun — In·tol′wb-a1′>′er·a·bly, adverb
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54