• Intolerable

    Origin

    From Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerabilis

    Full definition of intolerable

    Adjective

    intolerable

    1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable.
    2. Extremely offensive or insulting.
      • 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 4It 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.

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