intolerable

[In*tolĀ·er*a*ble]

Enormous.

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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.

Adjective S.
completely unacceptable; "this noise is intolerable"

Adjective
impossible to tolerate or endure; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"


a.
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.

a.
Enormous.


Intolerable

In*tol"er*a*ble , a. [F. intol'82rable, 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.
4. Enormous.
This intolerable deal of sack.
-- In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tol"er*a*bly, adv.

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.

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Usage Examples

I'm not dead and I don't have blue hair but some people say there are similarities. It is usually intolerable to watch myself onscreen but this time it's fine. I think it's beautiful and a real work of art.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

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Other Usage Examples

I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.

I am totally against the idea that a Muslim woman should not have the same opportunities as a Muslim man to learn, to open up, to work, help shape the future. To close Islam down to a sexist approach is totally intolerable and ridiculous. It's not Islam.

People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable.

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.

If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

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