intolerable

The definition of intolerable is something that is unbearable or not able to be endured.

(adjective)

When pain is too much to bear or cope with, this is an example of a time when the pain would be described as intolerable.

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See intolerable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not tolerable; unbearable; too severe, painful, cruel, etc. to be endured

Origin: ME intollerable < L intolerabilis

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See intolerable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Impossible to tolerate or endure; unbearable: intolerable agony.

Related Forms:

  • in·tolˌer·a·bilˈi·ty, in·tolˈer·a·ble·ness noun
  • in·tolˈer·a·bly adverb

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