intolerable

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɑləɹəbl̩/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective incapable of being put up with

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English intolerable, borrowed from Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- + tolerable.

In classic literature

Synonyms

unbearable, unendurable

Semantic network

Similar
impossible, bitter, unsupportable
Opposite (antonyms)
tolerable

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