intolerable
adjective
, -ˈtä-lə-rə-, -ˈtä-lər-bəl\
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, -ˌtä-lə-rə- , -ˌtä-lər- \
noun
, -ˈtä-lə-rə- , -ˈtä-lər-bəl- \
noun
, -ˈtä-lə-rə- , -ˈtä-lər-blē \
adverb
Synonyms & Antonyms for intolerable
Synonyms
insufferable, insupportable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable
Antonyms
endurable, sufferable, supportable, sustainable, tolerable
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This cowardly action is intolerable and unacceptable. — Tanya A. Christian, Essence, "Vandalism Sparks Rumors Of Racial Motivation At Department Of Education," 26 Aug. 2019 The cynics would say that various sponsors would refuse to let him, but what is certainly true is that the pressure on whoever replaced him would be intolerable and unfair. — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, "Brazil Shows Character, Quality in Winning Copa America, Restoring Faith," 7 July 2019 Sorting through them to find a stretch of DNA that protects plants from intolerable heat stress, say, is still going to take time. — Megan Molteni, WIRED, "Crispr Can Help Solve Our Looming Food Crisis—Here's How," 8 Aug. 2019 There is nothing compassionate in this intolerable rhetoric, only hatred. — baltimoresun.com, "Letters: Trump’s tweets about Cummings are not about Howard County; and more from readers," 6 Aug. 2019 But bipartisan congressional breakdown means that the American body politic can’t adequately respond to real challenges — even when present conditions grow intolerable. — David French, National Review, "Another Judge Blocks Trump, and the Immigration Stalemate Drags On," 26 July 2019 His plot also intersects too often with the intolerable Harper Glass (Hellboy’s Selma Blair), who reports on the alien artifact to her website’s 250 million followers, making her the world’s most popular journalist. — Samantha Nelson, The Verge, "Netflix’s Another Life starts as Arrival, then turns into Star Trek," 23 July 2019 Israel would find this intolerable—Egypt would have transformed from a partner in peace to a mortal threat. — The Economist, "Pyramid scheme," 6 July 2019 But Boston is also expensive, and the commutes can be intolerable. — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, "In search of a ‘second city’ for New England startups," 14 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'intolerable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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