Meaning

3 senses
  1. Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.

    unduldsam, intolerant

    нетерпи́мыйneterpímyj

  2. (often, postpositional)Unable to digest food or be given substances of a certain composition without adverse effects.

    Near-synonym: allergic

    I am intolerant of lactose, so I can't drink milk

  3. Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.

    intolerant

    нетерпи́мыйneterpímyj, нетолера́нтныйnetolerántnyj

More definitions
  • unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion
  • narrow-minded about cherished opinions

Examples

50 sentences
  1. Tom is very intolerant.

    Том дуже нетолерантний.

    ruТом очень нетерпим.

    deTom ist sehr intolerant.

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  2. I'm lactose intolerant.

    У мене непереносимість лактози.

    ruУ меня непереносимость лактозы.

    deIch habe eine Laktoseintoleranz.

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  3. Tom thinks Mary may be lactose intolerant.

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  4. Tom thinks that Mary may be lactose intolerant.

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  5. Why didn't you tell me you were lactose intolerant?

    ruПочему ты не сказал мне, что у тебя непереносимость лактозы?

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear:
not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear:

Origin

First attested in the first half of the 18th century; either borrowed from French intoléra

First attested in the first half of the 18th century; either borrowed from French intolérant (early 17th century) or from its source, Latin intolerāns. By surface analysis, in- + tolerant (itself only attested from the 1780s).

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Forms

more intolerant, most intolerant
Comparativemore intolerant Lesson
Superlativemost intolerant Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • narrow-minded about cherished opinions:illiberal

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

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