intolerable
See also: intolérable
English
Alternative forms
- untolerable (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. Synchronically, in- + tolerable.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɒləɹəbl̩/
- Hyphenation: in‧tol‧er‧able
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Adjective
intolerable (comparative more intolerable, superlative most intolerable)
- Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured.
- Synonyms: insufferable, insupportable, unbearable, unsittable
- Extremely offensive or insulting.
- 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 4
- It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating.
- 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 4
- (nuclear power) Extremely worn and degraded, to the point of being unsafe.
- December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:
- o take apart an ageing nuclear facility, you have to put a lot of other things together first. New technologies, for instance, and new buildings to replace the intolerable ones, and new reserves of money.
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Derived terms
- intolerability
- intolerableness
- intolerably
Collocations
with nouns
- intolerable cruelty
- intolerable burden
- intolerable situation
- intolerable condition
- intolerable pain
- intolerable heat
- intolerable position
- intolerable life
- intolerable state
- intolerable suffering
- intolerable evil
- intolerable risk
- intolerable insult
- intolerable hardship
- intolerable agony
- intolerable behavior
- intolerable affront
- intolerable insolence
- intolerable stress
- intolerable consequence
- intolerable people
- intolerable
- intolerable
- intolerable
- intolerable
- intolerable
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- intolerable
Translations
not tolerable
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extremely offensive
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References
- intolerable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- intolerable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin intolerābilis. Synchronically, in- + tolerable.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /in.to.ləˈɾa.blə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /in.tu.ləˈɾa.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /in.to.leˈɾa.ble/
Adjective
intolerable (masculine and feminine plural intolerables)
- intolerable
- Synonym: insuportable
- Antonym: tolerable
Derived terms
- intolerablement
Related terms
- intolerabilitat
Further reading
- “intolerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “intolerable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “intolerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “intolerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin intolerābilis. Synchronically, in- + tolerable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /intoleˈɾable/ [ĩn̪.t̪o.leˈɾa.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: in‧to‧le‧ra‧ble
Adjective
intolerable (plural intolerables)
- intolerable
- Synonym: insoportable
- Antonym: tolerable
Derived terms
- intolerabilidad
- intolerablemente
Further reading
- “intolerable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014