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in·tol·er·a·ble

intolerable

 
 
pronunciation:
ihn ta l r bl
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: 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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derivations: intolerably (adv.), intolerableness (n.)