Meaning

3 senses
  1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured.

    unerträglich

    невыноси́мыйnevynosímyj, нестерпи́мыйnesterpímyj, несно́сныйnesnósnyj

    незно́снийneznósnyj, несте́рпнийnestérpnyj

    incapable of being tolerated or endured

  2. Extremely offensive or insulting.

  3. Extremely worn and degraded, to the point of being unsafe.

Examples

24 sentences
  1. This is intolerable.

    Це нестерпне.

    ruЭто недопустимо.

    deDas ist unerträglich.

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  2. Your behavior is intolerable.

    ruВаше поведение недопустимо.

    deDein Verhalten ist unerträglich.

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  3. This situation is intolerable.

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  4. The heat became intolerable.

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  5. Tom is intolerable.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English intolerable, borrowed from Middle French intolerable, from L

Inherited from Middle English intolerable, borrowed from Middle French intolerable, from Latin intolerābilis. By surface analysis, in- + tolerable.

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Forms

more intolerable, most intolerable
Comparativemore intolerable Lesson
Superlativemost intolerable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
intolerable — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto