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Webster 1913 Edition


Intolerable

In-tol′er-a-ble

,
Adj.
[F.
intolérable
, L.
intolerabilis
. See
In-
not, and
Tolerable
.]
1.
Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable;
as,
intolerable
pain;
intolerable
heat or cold; an
intolerable
burden.
His insolence is more
intolerable

Than all the princes in the land beside.
Shakespeare
4.
Enormous.
In-tol′er-a-ble-ness
,
Noun.
In-tol′er-a-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Intolerable

INTOL'ERABLE

,
Adj.
[L. intolerabilis; in and tolerabilis, tolero, to bear.]
1.
Not to be borne; that cannot be endured; as intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.
2.
Insufferable; as intolerable laziness.

Definition 2024


intolérable

intolérable

See also: intolerable

French

Adjective

intolérable m, f (plural intolérables)

  1. intolerable