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. — deniko

    ruТом очень нетерпим. — marafon

    deTom ist sehr intolerant. — wolfgangth

  2. I'm lactose intolerant.

    У мене непереносимість лактози. — User55521

    ruУ меня непереносимость лактозы. — odexed

    deIch habe eine Laktoseintoleranz. — Fingerhut

  3. Tom thinks Mary may be lactose intolerant.

  4. Tom thinks that Mary may be lactose intolerant.

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

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

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
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