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- pronunciation:
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- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
too disagreeable, difficult, or painful to be endured; not tolerable.
The working conditions in the mines were intolerable and the union leaders called for a strike.The air-conditioned movie theater provided a place to escape from the intolerable heat.- antonyms:
- bearable, tolerable
- similar words:
- hateful, impossible, oppressive, outrageous, unbearable
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abusive, heavy, objectionable, sore |
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| derivations: |
intolerably (adv.), intolerableness (n.) |
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