intolerable

See also: intolérable

English

Etymology

From Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. Synchronically, in- +‎ tolerable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/
• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɒləɹəbl̩/
• Hyphenation: in‧tol‧er‧able

Adjective

intolerable (comparative more intolerable, superlative most intolerable)

1. not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured

   Synonyms: insufferable, insupportable, unbearable

2. 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.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "intolerable" is often applied: cruelty, burden, situation, condition, pain, heat, position, life, state, suffering, evil, risk, insult, hardship, agony, behavior, affront, insolence, stress, consequence, people.

Derived terms

• intolerability
• intolerableness
• intolerably

 

Translations

not tolerable

• Belarusian: нязно́сны (njaznósny), невыно́сны (njevynósny), нясце́рпны (njascjérpny)
• Bulgarian: нетърпим (bg) (netǎrpim)
• Catalan: intolerable (ca)
• Esperanto: netolerebla
• Finnish: sietämätön (fi)
• French: intolérable (fr)
• Galician: intolerable (gl)
• German: unerträglich (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀφόρητος (aphórētos)

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• Icelandic: óþolandi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uutholdelig

• Polish: nieznośny (pl)
• Portuguese: intolerável (pt)
• Russian: невыноси́мый (ru) (nevynosímyj), нестерпи́мый (ru) (nesterpímyj), несно́сный (ru) (nesnósnyj)
• Spanish: intolerable
• Ukrainian: незно́сний (neznósnyj), несте́рпний (nestérpnyj)

extremely offensive

• Spanish: de juzgado de guardia (es)
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• Romanian: intolerabil (ro) m or n, netolerabil m or n
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References

• “intolerable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “intolerable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin intolerābilis. Synchronically, in- +‎ tolerable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.tu.ləˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [in.to.ləˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.to.leˈɾa.ble]

Adjective

intolerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural intolerables)

1. 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, 2024
• “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.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin intolerābilis. Synchronically, in- +‎ tolerable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intoleˈɾable/ [ĩn̪.t̪o.leˈɾa.β̞le]

Adjective

intolerable m or f (masculine and feminine plural intolerables)

1. intolerable

   Synonym: insoportable

   Antonym: tolerable

Related terms

• intolerabilidad

Further reading

• “intolerable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014