intolerable

Adjective

Meaning

Enormous.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

unbearable unendurable impermissible hard impossible extreme offensive terrible painful foul inappropriate unacceptable unpleasant shocking horrible

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Antonyms

tolerable right good proper sufficient suitable

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Phrases with the word

find intolerable it is intolerable in intolerable completely intolerable

Examples

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. Ludwig van Beethoven

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next. Ursula K. Le Guin

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. Oscar Wilde

A lengthy sermon is intolerable. Latin Proverb

Arrogance is intolerable. Latin Proverb

Natural folly is bad enough, but learned folly is intolerable. (1732) English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

into world intoed intolerability intolerableness intolerably intolerance