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Definition of Intolerable
1. Adjective. Incapable of being put up with. "An intolerable degree of sentimentality"
Also: Impermissible
Similar to: Bitter, Impossible, Insufferable, Unacceptable, Unsufferable, Unsupportable
Antonyms: Tolerable
Definition of Intolerable
1. 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.
Definition of Intolerable
1. Adjective. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable. ¹
2. Adjective. Extremely offensive or insulting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intolerable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intolerable
Literary usage of Intolerable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"Union with any such sect is also ground for divorce in Kentucky. In Connecticut,
divorce a vinculo applies to case« of adultery and intolerable cruelty, ..."
2. Proceedings of the National Congress on Uniform Divorce Laws: Held at by Pennsylvania, Governor (1903-1907 : Pennypacker, Thomson Gale (Firm) (1906)
""\Ye are driven to a State where we may free ourselves from (his intolerable bond.
... to relieve himself or herself from these intolerable burdens, ..."
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